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: 41.80,-88.09 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 979 222 20.0 17.7 87 2.3 18.5 221 5 295.0 297.3 292.4 332.6 13.13 2 950 481 18.3 15.9 86 2.4 16.7 227 11 295.7 297.9 291.8 330.3 12.03 3 900 943 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.1 231 12 296.1 298.2 291.3 328.6 11.26 4 850 1423 12.0 4.7 61 7.3 8.0 256 10 298.7 299.9 287.9 317.3 6.29 5 800 1929 9.8 -7.8 28 17.6 2.2 246 13 301.6 302.1 285.2 309.8 2.65 6 750 2461 6.3 -6.8 38 13.2 0.6 235 24 303.5 304.0 286.4 312.9 3.06 7 700 3022 2.0 -4.5 62 6.5 -1.0 223 29 304.7 305.4 287.6 316.7 3.90 8 650 3616 -1.0 -21.6 19 20.6 -7.2 225 36 307.8 308.0 285.8 311.3 1.05 9 600 4250 -4.3 -20.3 28 16.0 -9.2 229 40 311.1 311.3 287.2 315.3 1.27 10 550 4929 -8.8 -34.1 11 25.3 -14.0 228 44 313.6 313.7 287.1 315.0 0.39 11 500 5660 -13.4 -40.4 8 27.0 -17.8 227 50 316.6 316.7 287.9 317.5 0.23 12 450 6452 -19.3 -39.3 15 19.9 -22.3 232 51 318.9 319.0 288.7 320.0 0.28 13 400 7315 -25.2 -33.4 46 8.2 -26.5 244 68 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.3 0.57 14 350 8277 -29.3 -32.0 78 2.7 -29.7 238 99 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.9 0.75 15 300 9361 -37.6 -40.5 74 2.9 -37.9 227 100 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.37 16 250 10588 -48.5 -51.8 68 3.4 -48.6 225 104 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12027 -53.7 -71.7 9 17.9 -54.0 243 79 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13861 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.7 247 47 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16381 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 257 38 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.57 m Freezing level: 666.59 mb = 3418.76 m = 11216.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.44 mb = 2664.89 m = 8742.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.56 % Est. max temperature: 24.95 C = 76.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.49 mb = 513.03 m = 1683.16 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 22.81 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 905.59 m = 2971.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.17 C = 70.11 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: 4.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 23.61 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 357.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.49 mb = 881.25 m = 2891.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.49 mb = 1022.44 m = 3354.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 841.49 mb = 1507.20 m = 4944.83 ft B at Equ Level: 6.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.49 mb = 10811.60 m = 35470.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: -16.4 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 6.45 Bulk Shear: 55.46 m/s