MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.02,-88.03 Latitude: 42.02 Longitude: -88.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 979 215 21.5 17.4 77 4.1 18.8 219 7 296.5 298.8 292.7 333.6 12.88 2 950 475 18.4 16.7 90 1.7 17.2 225 11 295.8 298.1 292.3 332.3 12.69 3 900 937 14.9 12.1 83 2.8 13.1 248 17 296.9 298.7 290.5 325.6 9.90 4 850 1418 12.4 5.6 63 6.8 8.6 261 17 299.2 300.4 288.4 319.1 6.73 5 800 1925 10.4 -3.8 37 14.2 3.7 253 20 302.3 302.9 286.5 313.3 3.61 6 750 2458 7.0 -4.3 45 11.3 1.7 242 28 304.1 304.8 287.2 315.5 3.70 7 700 3020 2.2 -5.5 57 7.6 -1.3 233 34 304.9 305.5 287.5 316.1 3.63 8 650 3614 -1.0 -17.4 27 16.5 -6.5 223 46 307.9 308.2 286.3 312.7 1.49 9 600 4248 -4.0 -36.9 6 32.8 -10.8 228 45 311.4 311.5 286.2 312.4 0.27 10 550 4928 -8.3 -36.9 8 28.6 -13.8 232 50 314.3 314.3 287.2 315.3 0.29 11 500 5660 -12.8 -41.5 7 28.8 -17.4 235 57 317.5 317.5 288.2 318.2 0.20 12 450 6454 -18.6 -34.4 24 15.7 -21.4 237 63 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.46 13 400 7321 -24.6 -40.7 21 16.1 -26.6 234 75 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.27 14 350 8278 -31.8 -41.9 36 10.2 -32.9 236 88 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.27 15 300 9349 -40.2 -43.4 72 3.2 -40.5 235 92 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 16 250 10565 -49.3 -54.7 54 5.3 -49.6 233 101 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.09 17 200 12017 -51.3 -76.0 4 24.7 -51.7 240 69 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13858 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 245 53 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16379 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 253 44 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.22 m Freezing level: 665.42 mb = 3430.81 m = 11255.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.24 mb = 2776.82 m = 9110.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.42 mb = 736.02 m = 2414.74 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 20.30 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1200.48 m = 3938.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.20 C = 73.75 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 18.39 C K Index: 23.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 258.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.28 mb = 999.74 m = 3279.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.28 mb = 2476.91 m = 8126.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 328.28 mb = 8723.39 m = 28619.70 ft B at Equ Level: 257.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.28 mb = 11156.63 m = 36602.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.2 neg: -10.1 tot: 57.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.97 Bulk Shear: 86.99 m/s