MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F052.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F052.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 52 hour NAM valid 16Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 41.62,-86.99 Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -86.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 48 SFC 981 204 12.1 6.2 67 5.9 8.9 236 12 286.8 287.8 282.9 303.8 6.04 2 950 474 8.3 4.6 77 3.7 6.4 237 16 285.6 286.6 281.9 301.4 5.59 3 900 918 3.9 2.7 91 1.3 3.3 244 21 285.6 286.5 281.4 300.1 5.16 4 850 1379 0.5 -3.4 75 3.9 -1.1 258 32 286.7 287.3 279.9 296.7 3.49 5 800 1862 -3.5 -6.6 79 3.1 -4.6 255 32 287.4 288.0 279.5 295.9 2.92 6 750 2368 -7.0 -10.4 77 3.4 -8.2 255 34 288.9 289.3 279.4 295.7 2.30 7 700 2903 -10.7 -11.9 91 1.2 -11.1 255 37 290.6 291.0 280.1 297.1 2.19 8 650 3468 -14.6 -16.3 87 1.7 -15.1 257 35 292.4 292.7 280.2 297.4 1.64 9 600 4069 -19.0 -20.5 88 1.5 -19.3 249 36 294.1 294.3 280.4 298.0 1.25 10 550 4711 -23.1 -24.9 85 1.8 -23.5 246 39 296.6 296.8 281.1 299.6 0.92 11 500 5402 -28.0 -30.3 80 2.4 -28.3 250 39 298.9 299.0 281.7 300.9 0.61 12 450 6150 -33.2 -43.1 36 9.9 -34.0 252 41 301.5 301.5 282.3 302.2 0.19 13 400 6969 -37.2 -54.3 15 17.2 -37.9 251 46 306.7 306.7 284.1 306.9 0.06 14 350 7886 -39.5 -68.4 3 28.9 -40.4 249 49 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.4 0.01 15 300 8936 -40.7 -69.8 3 29.1 -41.6 251 49 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.0 0.01 16 250 10177 -40.7 -72.8 2 32.0 -41.8 254 47 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 17 200 11683 -44.7 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.5 257 43 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 18 150 13586 -49.2 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 253 44 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.01 19 100 16220 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 226 30 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5353.50 m Freezing level: 843.53 mb = 1441.43 m = 4729.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 862.36 mb = 1262.45 m = 4141.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.20 % Est. max temperature: 12.29 C = 54.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.48 mb = 940.20 m = 3084.61 ft T: 3.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 8.02 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1026.91 m = 3369.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.16 C = 52.09 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 23.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 204.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.18 mb = 1024.25 m = 3360.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.18 mb = 1069.83 m = 3509.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 513.18 mb = 5212.95 m = 17102.64 ft B at Equ Level: 204.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 383.18 mb = 7263.69 m = 23830.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.0 neg: -5.5 tot: 93.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 45.85 m/s