MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 41.85,-87.83 Latitude: 41.85 Longitude: -87.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 990 189 26.5 15.4 51 11.1 19.1 246 7 300.5 302.6 292.6 333.4 11.18 2 950 546 22.2 14.4 61 7.9 17.1 250 10 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.7 10.91 3 900 1013 17.7 13.4 76 4.3 14.9 254 11 299.7 301.7 292.1 331.4 10.80 4 850 1499 13.1 12.2 95 0.9 12.6 259 11 299.8 301.8 291.9 330.9 10.58 5 800 2007 11.1 5.9 70 5.2 8.1 304 21 303.0 304.3 290.2 324.8 7.30 6 750 2543 8.2 -2.9 46 11.0 2.8 318 15 305.4 306.2 288.1 318.1 4.12 7 700 3109 5.0 -6.7 43 11.7 -0.3 320 13 308.0 308.6 288.2 318.3 3.30 8 650 3709 1.1 -9.5 45 10.5 -3.3 297 12 310.2 310.7 288.5 319.3 2.87 9 600 4347 -2.5 -21.5 22 19.0 -8.4 310 15 313.2 313.4 287.8 317.0 1.14 10 550 5033 -4.4 -34.7 7 30.3 -11.2 345 12 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.1 0.36 11 500 5778 -8.1 -41.9 5 33.8 -14.3 24 11 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.9 0.19 12 450 6586 -14.4 -44.9 6 30.4 -19.0 13 10 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.16 13 400 7465 -21.3 -47.4 8 26.0 -24.5 0 15 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.13 14 350 8435 -28.4 -47.9 14 19.5 -30.3 11 19 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 15 300 9521 -37.1 -55.2 14 18.0 -38.2 355 21 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.07 16 250 10756 -45.8 -63.8 11 18.0 -46.4 357 20 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.03 17 200 12209 -55.1 -68.8 17 13.6 -55.4 9 18 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14012 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.4 358 19 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16497 -64.3 -85.1 4 20.9 -64.4 293 12 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.12 m Freezing level: 634.97 mb = 3900.54 m = 12796.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.48 mb = 3056.21 m = 10026.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.73 mb = 1580.66 m = 5185.82 ft T: 12.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 15.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1677.72 m = 5504.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.91 C = 80.44 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: 2.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 2.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 21.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.81 mb = 1550.02 m = 5085.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.81 mb = 3110.76 m = 10205.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.81 mb = 4754.12 m = 15597.31 ft B at Equ Level: 32.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 519.81 mb = 5474.63 m = 17961.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.0 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 341.0 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 79.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.93 Bulk Shear: 18.08 m/s