MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 41.55,-87.93 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -87.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 989 214 18.3 13.7 74 4.7 15.4 215 5 292.4 294.2 289.0 320.8 9.99 2 950 564 21.3 10.5 50 10.8 14.6 274 12 298.8 300.3 289.8 323.4 8.40 3 900 1030 18.1 11.6 66 6.4 14.0 275 9 300.1 301.9 291.2 328.3 9.58 4 850 1517 14.9 5.1 52 9.8 9.3 267 9 301.7 302.9 289.0 321.1 6.48 5 800 2026 11.5 -0.1 45 11.5 5.5 265 11 303.4 304.2 288.0 317.8 4.76 6 750 2561 7.3 -3.4 47 10.7 2.2 289 9 304.5 305.2 287.6 316.7 3.98 7 700 3125 3.8 -7.5 44 11.3 -1.1 307 8 306.7 307.3 287.6 316.4 3.11 8 650 3723 1.1 -13.8 32 14.9 -4.5 338 11 310.2 310.6 287.7 316.8 2.03 9 600 4363 -1.3 -23.0 17 21.7 -7.9 347 10 314.6 314.7 288.1 318.0 1.00 10 550 5051 -4.8 -29.4 13 24.6 -11.0 324 10 318.4 318.6 288.9 320.6 0.61 11 500 5794 -8.9 -36.1 9 27.2 -14.5 320 11 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.5 0.35 12 450 6600 -14.8 -42.4 8 27.6 -19.1 316 12 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.20 13 400 7479 -21.5 -45.1 10 23.6 -24.5 321 17 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 14 350 8446 -29.2 -49.0 13 19.8 -31.0 318 19 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.13 15 300 9530 -37.4 -54.3 15 16.9 -38.4 313 17 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.0 0.08 16 250 10763 -46.5 -61.0 18 14.5 -47.0 299 15 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 12213 -54.2 -68.7 15 14.4 -54.5 269 17 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14033 -60.0 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.2 285 18 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16518 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 265 18 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.37 m Freezing level: 627.61 mb = 4009.42 m = 13154.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.66 mb = 2932.48 m = 9620.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.35 mb = 809.48 m = 2655.73 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.70 mb = 2421.87 m = 7945.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.13 C = 86.24 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 6.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 13.94 C K Index: 17.51 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7437.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.35 mb = 1693.05 m = 5554.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.1 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 335.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -6.5 tot: 34.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.01 Bulk Shear: 5.80 m/s