MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 42.17,-89.1 Latitude: 42.17 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 989 219 13.8 9.4 75 4.4 11.3 139 7 287.9 289.2 284.9 309.0 7.52 2 950 564 18.0 9.4 57 8.6 12.9 173 30 295.5 296.9 288.1 318.1 7.80 3 900 1026 17.6 9.4 58 8.3 12.6 202 21 299.7 301.2 289.9 323.9 8.23 4 850 1513 15.0 8.3 64 6.7 11.0 218 20 301.9 303.4 290.5 325.9 8.09 5 800 2024 12.7 4.1 56 8.6 7.9 229 19 304.7 305.9 290.0 324.2 6.43 6 750 2565 11.6 -0.4 44 11.9 5.3 231 15 309.1 310.0 290.1 324.5 4.96 7 700 3138 8.4 0.1 56 8.3 3.9 237 13 311.7 312.8 291.4 328.9 5.49 8 650 3746 3.8 -1.1 70 5.0 1.3 246 16 313.3 314.4 291.8 330.4 5.43 9 600 4390 -1.3 -5.1 75 3.8 -3.1 246 19 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.6 4.37 10 550 5079 -5.3 -13.7 52 8.4 -8.5 250 20 317.7 318.2 290.5 325.7 2.40 11 500 5820 -9.6 -18.1 50 8.5 -12.5 253 24 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.5 1.83 12 450 6626 -14.8 -22.0 54 7.3 -16.8 258 27 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.8 1.46 13 400 7507 -20.7 -28.2 51 7.5 -22.4 256 30 328.0 328.2 292.1 331.4 0.93 14 350 8477 -28.4 -36.3 47 7.8 -29.6 257 25 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.2 0.49 15 300 9564 -36.5 -48.0 30 11.4 -37.4 266 25 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.17 16 250 10803 -45.5 -57.5 25 12.1 -45.9 261 32 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12254 -55.4 -65.8 26 10.4 -55.6 266 58 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14055 -64.0 -78.8 12 14.7 -64.1 266 61 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16481 -71.5 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 271 30 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.37 m Freezing level: 612.25 mb = 4232.40 m = 13885.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.58 mb = 3926.53 m = 12882.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.28 mb = 780.01 m = 2559.05 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 1.73 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.73 mb = 3711.54 m = 12176.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.11 C = 102.39 F Cap Strength: 8.60 C Lifted Index: 7.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.56 C Showalter Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 24.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8867.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.02 mb = 1652.76 m = 5422.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.6 neg: -11.4 tot: 207.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 56.30 m/s