MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 41.58,-87.43 Latitude: 41.58 Longitude: -87.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 995 181 17.5 17.2 98 0.3 17.3 14 3 291.1 293.3 290.7 326.3 12.49 2 950 571 16.1 14.7 91 1.4 15.2 295 4 293.6 295.5 290.4 325.3 11.13 3 900 1035 17.1 14.3 84 2.7 15.3 301 17 299.1 301.2 292.4 332.6 11.49 4 850 1520 13.6 9.6 77 3.9 11.2 304 17 300.4 302.0 290.7 326.5 8.88 5 800 2028 10.1 6.7 79 3.5 8.1 309 13 302.0 303.4 290.2 324.9 7.69 6 750 2562 7.1 0.7 64 6.3 3.8 291 11 304.3 305.3 288.9 320.6 5.38 7 700 3125 2.6 -5.1 57 7.7 -0.9 291 15 305.4 306.1 287.8 316.9 3.74 8 650 3721 1.2 -18.6 21 19.9 -5.4 324 12 310.3 310.6 287.0 314.8 1.35 9 600 4363 -0.3 -25.5 13 25.2 -7.6 346 5 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.5 0.80 10 550 5054 -4.3 -26.2 16 21.8 -10.4 0 7 318.9 319.1 289.3 321.8 0.82 11 500 5796 -9.3 -35.3 10 26.1 -14.7 5 9 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.1 0.38 12 450 6603 -14.9 -42.0 8 27.0 -19.3 3 7 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.21 13 400 7480 -22.1 -47.6 8 25.5 -25.1 3 9 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.13 14 350 8446 -28.5 -63.9 2 35.4 -30.7 0 10 330.4 330.4 291.8 330.4 0.02 15 300 9532 -36.9 -56.2 12 19.2 -38.0 4 13 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.06 16 250 10768 -46.3 -62.8 14 16.5 -46.9 4 13 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.03 17 200 12214 -55.6 -68.6 18 13.0 -55.9 360 17 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 14021 -60.8 -79.2 7 18.4 -61.0 323 17 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16507 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 300 9 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.38 m Freezing level: 610.39 mb = 4229.86 m = 13877.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.28 mb = 3017.60 m = 9900.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.05 mb = 219.93 m = 721.54 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.44 C/km ThetaE index: 17.82 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1527.81 m = 5012.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.16 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 3.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 24.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.27 mb = 834.44 m = 2737.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.27 mb = 2824.39 m = 9266.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 666.27 mb = 3522.44 m = 11556.43 ft B at Equ Level: 41.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 606.27 mb = 4279.84 m = 14041.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.5 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 346.5 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: -11.5 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.13 Bulk Shear: 5.94 m/s