MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 5Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.32,-87.85 Latitude: 42.32 Longitude: -87.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 987 204 7.2 4.0 80 3.2 5.6 280 10 281.5 282.3 279.4 295.8 5.18 2 950 517 8.3 0.6 59 7.6 4.7 309 30 285.6 286.3 280.3 297.5 4.21 3 900 960 4.5 -1.0 68 5.5 2.0 313 27 286.1 286.8 280.1 297.3 3.94 4 850 1423 2.7 -12.1 33 14.8 -2.4 304 21 288.9 289.3 278.7 294.3 1.78 5 800 1911 0.8 -12.7 36 13.5 -3.8 309 26 292.0 292.3 280.2 297.4 1.80 6 750 2427 -1.1 -17.2 28 16.1 -6.0 312 30 295.4 295.6 281.1 299.5 1.32 7 700 2974 -3.4 -32.5 8 29.1 -9.4 310 33 298.8 298.8 281.3 300.0 0.36 8 650 3557 -5.5 -44.2 3 38.6 -11.6 312 35 302.7 302.7 282.6 303.1 0.12 9 600 4181 -7.4 -42.8 4 35.4 -13.1 317 43 307.6 307.6 284.6 308.1 0.15 10 550 4856 -9.4 -46.9 3 37.5 -15.0 321 61 312.9 312.9 286.5 313.3 0.10 11 500 5586 -13.6 -49.2 3 35.6 -18.3 326 69 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.7 0.09 12 450 6377 -19.7 -47.9 6 28.1 -23.0 323 72 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.8 0.11 13 400 7239 -26.0 -36.7 36 10.6 -27.5 324 80 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.6 0.41 14 350 8190 -33.6 -50.1 17 16.5 -34.8 327 85 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.9 0.11 15 300 9252 -41.4 -54.2 24 12.8 -42.0 327 97 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 16 250 10468 -48.5 -59.9 26 11.4 -48.8 321 96 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.05 17 200 11933 -46.8 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 318 67 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.8 0.01 18 150 13802 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 302 45 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16368 -59.0 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 299 23 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5492.50 m Freezing level: 779.34 mb = 2124.41 m = 6969.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 877.41 mb = 1165.80 m = 3824.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.97 % Est. max temperature: 15.47 C = 59.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.83 mb = 604.71 m = 1983.93 ft T: 7.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.94 C/km ThetaE index: 3.27 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.14 mb = 3040.29 m = 9974.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.92 C = 76.85 F Cap Strength: 15.73 C Lifted Index: 17.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.79 C Showalter Index: 19.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.32 C Cross Totals Index: 1.54 C K Index: -24.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 111.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17063.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.84 mb = 1405.41 m = 4610.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.4 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 347.4 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.1 neg: -41.0 tot: 155.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 44.79 m/s