MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.87,-88.01 Latitude: 42.87 Longitude: -88.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 222 20.7 17.8 83 3.0 18.7 231 8 295.7 298.1 292.7 333.6 13.19 2 950 474 17.5 16.8 96 0.7 17.0 231 10 294.9 297.2 292.1 331.4 12.75 3 900 935 15.6 7.5 58 8.1 10.9 262 14 297.6 298.9 288.3 318.8 7.24 4 850 1416 12.1 -0.2 43 12.3 5.9 263 14 298.8 299.6 286.1 312.0 4.42 5 800 1920 8.9 -2.9 43 11.7 3.3 250 16 300.6 301.3 286.2 312.3 3.87 6 750 2451 6.0 -8.5 35 14.5 -0.1 234 23 303.1 303.6 285.8 311.5 2.69 7 700 3012 1.9 -5.7 57 7.5 -1.5 231 29 304.5 305.2 287.3 315.6 3.58 8 650 3605 -2.0 -14.9 36 12.9 -6.5 229 36 306.7 307.0 286.2 312.6 1.84 9 600 4237 -4.7 -35.0 7 30.3 -11.1 230 38 310.7 310.7 286.0 311.8 0.33 10 550 4916 -8.4 -27.5 20 19.1 -13.0 230 48 314.1 314.3 287.6 316.7 0.73 11 500 5648 -13.3 -35.5 14 22.2 -17.4 234 47 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.2 0.37 12 450 6441 -19.0 -38.3 16 19.3 -22.0 241 58 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.4 0.31 13 400 7305 -25.4 -40.2 24 14.8 -27.3 242 72 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.29 14 350 8261 -31.3 -43.4 29 12.1 -32.6 237 100 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.23 15 300 9331 -40.5 -47.2 49 6.6 -41.0 240 115 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.18 16 250 10546 -49.9 -60.1 29 10.2 -50.1 233 116 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.05 17 200 11989 -53.5 -75.0 6 21.5 -53.8 239 82 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 13833 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 240 55 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16370 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 249 50 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.81 m Freezing level: 675.92 mb = 3297.29 m = 10817.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.43 mb = 2435.61 m = 7990.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.72 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.46 mb = 596.19 m = 1955.97 ft T: 16.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 21.65 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1556.72 m = 5107.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.27 C = 75.68 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: 7.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 13.05 C K Index: 17.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.08 mb = 1199.97 m = 3936.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.08 mb = 2703.42 m = 8869.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 567.08 mb = 4677.32 m = 15345.35 ft B at Equ Level: 56.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 367.08 mb = 7919.78 m = 25983.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -10.0 tot: 50.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 60.29 m/s