MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.66,-87.87 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -87.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 981 206 19.2 18.7 97 0.5 18.9 218 5 294.0 296.5 292.7 333.8 13.96 2 950 482 18.0 15.3 84 2.7 16.3 225 13 295.5 297.6 291.4 328.8 11.60 3 900 943 15.2 9.5 69 5.7 11.7 239 13 297.2 298.7 289.2 321.3 8.29 4 850 1425 12.0 9.8 86 2.2 10.6 242 15 298.7 300.3 290.2 324.9 8.97 5 800 1930 8.8 7.7 92 1.2 8.2 231 15 300.6 302.1 290.3 325.0 8.25 6 750 2462 6.2 6.2 100 0.0 6.2 214 16 303.3 304.8 290.9 327.0 7.94 7 700 3026 3.1 2.3 95 0.8 2.7 217 24 305.9 307.2 290.5 325.7 6.49 8 650 3623 -1.2 -2.8 89 1.5 -2.0 223 31 307.6 308.5 289.5 322.4 4.80 9 600 4255 -4.6 -12.5 54 7.9 -7.5 234 37 310.8 311.3 288.3 318.7 2.44 10 550 4936 -8.7 -17.7 48 9.0 -11.6 230 50 313.8 314.1 288.6 319.5 1.74 11 500 5667 -12.9 -37.3 11 24.4 -17.3 227 54 317.3 317.3 288.2 318.4 0.31 12 450 6461 -19.0 -34.5 24 15.6 -21.7 226 56 319.4 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.45 13 400 7325 -25.3 -30.7 61 5.4 -26.2 239 61 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.8 0.74 14 350 8287 -29.1 -31.7 78 2.6 -29.5 240 93 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.4 0.77 15 300 9370 -37.7 -40.6 74 2.9 -38.0 229 90 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.37 16 250 10599 -48.5 -51.8 68 3.4 -48.6 229 96 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12033 -53.5 -72.1 8 18.7 -53.8 246 80 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13868 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 250 45 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16384 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 258 40 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.98 m Freezing level: 664.19 mb = 3453.50 m = 11330.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.04 mb = 3366.31 m = 11044.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.65 % Est. max temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.13 mb = 266.24 m = 873.48 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1397.59 m = 4585.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.82 mb = 1086.08 m = 3563.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.82 mb = 3144.05 m = 10315.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.82 mb = 5669.48 m = 18600.43 ft B at Equ Level: 58.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 349.82 mb = 8290.37 m = 27199.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.6 neg: -4.8 tot: 75.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 49.78 m/s