MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.62,-88.85 Latitude: 40.62 Longitude: -88.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 986 225 10.8 2.5 56 8.3 6.8 283 11 285.1 285.9 280.6 298.2 4.64 2 950 535 10.7 0.4 49 10.3 5.8 293 31 288.0 288.7 281.3 299.9 4.13 3 900 982 6.6 -0.9 59 7.5 3.1 296 35 288.3 289.0 281.2 299.7 3.97 4 850 1447 2.4 -6.3 52 8.7 -1.0 308 36 288.7 289.2 279.9 296.9 2.80 5 800 1935 0.7 -23.0 15 23.8 -5.5 325 39 291.9 292.1 278.8 294.3 0.75 6 750 2449 -2.3 -27.8 12 25.6 -8.1 324 40 294.1 294.2 279.4 295.8 0.52 7 700 2993 -5.6 -34.8 8 29.1 -11.1 323 43 296.2 296.3 280.1 297.2 0.29 8 650 3569 -8.9 -41.8 5 32.9 -13.8 323 48 298.9 299.0 281.1 299.5 0.15 9 600 4185 -11.3 -39.1 8 27.8 -15.7 324 55 303.0 303.1 282.9 303.8 0.21 10 550 4850 -13.5 -36.1 13 22.6 -17.3 329 68 308.1 308.1 285.0 309.2 0.32 11 500 5567 -18.2 -40.2 13 22.0 -21.2 330 80 310.9 310.9 285.9 311.7 0.23 12 450 6349 -21.1 -54.4 3 33.2 -24.2 328 105 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.9 0.05 13 400 7209 -26.7 -45.4 15 18.6 -28.7 329 113 320.2 320.3 289.0 320.8 0.17 14 350 8156 -34.5 -51.5 16 17.0 -35.6 329 117 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.6 0.10 15 300 9218 -40.3 -58.5 12 18.2 -41.1 328 109 328.5 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.05 16 250 10448 -45.4 -64.6 10 19.3 -46.0 319 101 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 17 200 11935 -45.7 -76.4 2 30.7 -46.4 296 55 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 18 150 13826 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 296 50 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16403 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 290 32 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5460.82 m Freezing level: 787.65 mb = 2061.68 m = 6763.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 862.44 mb = 1328.73 m = 4359.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.79 % Est. max temperature: 15.25 C = 59.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.66 mb = 1270.21 m = 4167.31 ft T: 3.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 5.53 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.70 mb = 2579.49 m = 8462.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.26 C = 68.47 F Cap Strength: 10.03 C Lifted Index: 11.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.12 C Showalter Index: 12.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.61 C Cross Totals Index: 11.87 C K Index: -14.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15313.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.55 mb = 1769.85 m = 5806.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.1 at 52.3 knts Storm direction: 353.1 at 39.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 328.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 147.17 m/s