MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 10Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.75,-87.98 Latitude: 41.75 Longitude: -87.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 980 223 17.9 14.7 82 3.2 15.8 192 11 292.7 294.6 289.8 323.4 10.76 2 950 487 19.0 14.3 74 4.7 16.0 211 35 296.5 298.4 291.1 327.8 10.85 3 900 953 18.9 12.1 65 6.8 14.6 232 40 301.0 302.8 291.7 330.1 9.89 4 850 1441 14.4 11.8 84 2.6 12.8 241 38 301.3 303.1 292.2 331.6 10.29 5 800 1950 10.4 9.8 96 0.5 10.0 242 34 302.2 304.0 291.9 330.6 9.58 6 750 2485 7.7 5.3 85 2.4 6.3 228 31 304.9 306.3 291.0 327.5 7.49 7 700 3053 5.5 3.8 89 1.7 4.5 218 31 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.5 7.18 8 650 3654 0.9 -1.2 86 2.1 -0.2 219 35 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.7 5.38 9 600 4294 -2.5 -13.6 42 11.1 -6.7 224 42 313.2 313.6 288.9 320.4 2.22 10 550 4978 -7.2 -17.8 43 10.5 -10.7 230 46 315.5 315.8 289.1 321.2 1.72 11 500 5713 -11.4 -24.8 32 13.4 -15.0 235 47 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.6 1.02 12 450 6513 -16.9 -31.5 27 14.5 -19.9 234 47 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.1 0.61 13 400 7385 -23.2 -39.8 20 16.6 -25.5 239 48 324.8 324.9 290.6 325.9 0.30 14 350 8349 -29.2 -34.4 61 5.2 -30.0 246 39 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.6 0.59 15 300 9428 -38.9 -44.7 55 5.7 -39.4 239 46 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 16 250 10651 -49.5 -52.9 67 3.4 -49.6 239 51 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12078 -55.8 -67.3 23 11.4 -56.1 231 61 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13903 -59.0 -80.8 4 21.8 -59.2 240 48 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16404 -66.2 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.3 242 37 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.64 m Freezing level: 637.12 mb = 3819.02 m = 12529.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.26 mb = 3626.11 m = 11896.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.34 mb = 630.17 m = 2067.47 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 4.10 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.84 mb = 1837.24 m = 6027.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 35.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5077.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.40 mb = 1357.15 m = 4452.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.9 neg: -39.3 tot: 226.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.26 Bulk Shear: 23.92 m/s