MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 40.87,-88.66 Latitude: 40.87 Longitude: -88.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 992 197 27.4 13.0 41 14.4 18.1 247 5 301.2 303.0 291.5 329.3 9.50 2 950 577 22.1 11.2 50 10.9 15.3 246 5 299.6 301.2 290.4 325.5 8.81 3 900 1043 17.5 10.4 63 7.1 13.1 245 6 299.5 301.1 290.4 325.4 8.80 4 850 1527 13.8 1.1 42 12.8 7.2 275 5 300.6 301.5 287.2 315.2 4.86 5 800 2035 11.1 -4.5 33 15.6 3.8 352 8 303.0 303.7 286.6 313.6 3.42 6 750 2570 7.6 -8.1 32 15.6 0.8 2 6 304.8 305.3 286.5 313.4 2.77 7 700 3135 4.8 -9.3 35 14.1 -1.1 336 6 307.9 308.4 287.6 316.4 2.70 8 650 3734 1.4 -10.5 41 11.9 -3.5 348 11 310.5 311.0 288.4 318.9 2.64 9 600 4374 -1.8 -21.7 20 19.9 -7.9 345 15 314.1 314.3 288.1 317.9 1.12 10 550 5062 -5.4 -29.7 13 24.3 -11.5 339 17 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.7 0.59 11 500 5802 -9.3 -38.9 7 29.6 -14.9 342 16 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.7 0.26 12 450 6609 -14.3 -41.7 8 27.4 -18.8 341 17 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.22 13 400 7489 -21.2 -44.0 11 22.7 -24.2 337 19 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 14 350 8458 -29.0 -49.6 12 20.6 -30.8 334 20 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.12 15 300 9542 -37.2 -57.1 11 19.9 -38.2 325 18 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 16 250 10775 -46.7 -60.4 20 13.6 -47.2 309 16 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12224 -55.0 -68.5 17 13.5 -55.2 291 21 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14045 -59.5 -84.1 3 24.6 -59.7 310 22 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16527 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 282 13 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.59 m Freezing level: 628.23 mb = 4013.12 m = 13166.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.48 mb = 2796.76 m = 9175.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.59 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.43 mb = 1999.58 m = 6560.22 ft T: 11.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 15.85 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.27 mb = 2511.58 m = 8239.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.36 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: 9.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 10.30 C K Index: 10.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 39.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6365.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.32 mb = 1959.06 m = 6427.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.8 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 5.8 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 17.58 m/s