MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 42.14,-88.61 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -88.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 985 252 10.9 10.7 99 0.2 10.7 174 2 285.2 286.7 284.5 307.9 8.19 2 950 565 20.0 13.3 65 6.8 15.7 271 16 297.5 299.4 290.9 327.0 10.15 3 900 1029 17.0 10.9 67 6.2 13.2 266 13 299.1 300.7 290.5 325.8 9.13 4 850 1514 13.8 5.6 58 8.2 9.1 265 15 300.6 301.8 288.9 320.5 6.71 5 800 2023 11.5 -6.4 28 17.9 3.4 298 16 303.5 304.0 286.2 312.6 2.96 6 750 2557 7.7 -9.6 28 17.4 0.5 301 15 305.0 305.4 286.3 312.7 2.45 7 700 3122 4.2 -7.0 44 11.2 -0.7 312 12 307.2 307.8 287.9 317.3 3.24 8 650 3720 0.6 -9.7 46 10.3 -3.6 326 14 309.7 310.2 288.3 318.7 2.82 9 600 4359 -2.2 -18.8 27 16.5 -7.7 349 14 313.5 313.8 288.2 318.3 1.44 10 550 5046 -4.9 -35.6 7 30.6 -11.6 334 8 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.4 0.34 11 500 5789 -8.4 -39.6 6 31.2 -14.4 327 9 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.24 12 450 6598 -13.9 -39.0 10 25.1 -18.4 320 8 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.29 13 400 7478 -21.2 -45.8 9 24.5 -24.4 327 14 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.16 14 350 8448 -28.7 -51.0 10 22.3 -30.7 327 12 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.10 15 300 9533 -36.8 -56.8 11 19.9 -37.9 321 13 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.06 16 250 10767 -46.5 -62.0 16 15.4 -47.0 309 12 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 12215 -55.5 -68.2 19 12.6 -55.8 282 14 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14024 -61.2 -82.6 4 21.4 -61.4 297 25 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16509 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 288 14 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.76 m Freezing level: 638.84 mb = 3862.71 m = 12672.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.16 mb = 2787.87 m = 9146.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.97 C = 80.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.00 mb = 280.06 m = 918.81 ft T: 11.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 14.39 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 985.26 mb = 251.53 m = 825.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.61 C = 54.70 F Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lifted Index: 6.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: 7.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.04 C K Index: 16.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7959.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.52 mb = 1399.88 m = 4592.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.9 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 337.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.2 neg: -9.1 tot: 93.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.59 Bulk Shear: 8.95 m/s