MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.68,-89.42 Latitude: 40.68 Longitude: -89.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 980 229 17.1 14.8 87 2.3 15.7 194 10 292.0 293.9 289.6 322.8 10.89 2 950 493 17.2 12.7 75 4.5 14.4 200 17 294.6 296.4 289.6 322.6 9.75 3 900 954 16.0 12.4 79 3.6 13.7 233 10 298.0 299.8 291.0 327.4 10.10 4 850 1438 13.0 6.4 64 6.7 9.2 273 10 299.8 301.1 289.0 320.8 7.10 5 800 1945 9.5 0.8 54 8.7 5.1 284 16 301.3 302.3 287.6 316.6 5.08 6 750 2476 5.3 -2.5 57 7.8 1.5 270 20 302.3 303.1 287.1 315.2 4.23 7 700 3035 0.5 -3.4 75 3.8 -1.3 273 22 303.0 303.8 287.4 315.9 4.25 8 650 3624 -3.4 -6.0 82 2.6 -4.5 257 16 305.1 305.8 287.7 316.8 3.76 9 600 4255 -6.1 -7.4 91 1.3 -6.7 240 22 309.0 309.7 288.9 320.5 3.65 10 550 4935 -7.9 -8.7 93 0.9 -8.2 186 30 314.7 315.4 290.6 326.3 3.59 11 500 5670 -11.8 -13.5 87 1.8 -12.4 184 49 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.6 2.70 12 450 6470 -16.5 -18.3 86 1.8 -17.0 198 51 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.4 2.01 13 400 7344 -23.1 -25.5 80 2.4 -23.7 205 62 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.2 1.20 14 350 8309 -29.8 -32.6 76 2.9 -30.2 211 63 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.2 0.70 15 300 9388 -39.0 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.3 222 64 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10607 -49.7 -53.3 66 3.6 -49.8 225 72 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 17 200 12046 -52.7 -68.5 13 15.8 -53.0 239 85 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13886 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 250 40 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16404 -62.7 -85.3 3 22.5 -63.0 245 31 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.24 m Freezing level: 694.09 mb = 3104.41 m = 10184.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.13 mb = 2771.47 m = 9092.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.08 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.57 mb = 515.31 m = 1690.64 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.18 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.92 mb = 1780.09 m = 5840.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 2.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 18.14 C K Index: 27.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.48 mb = 1178.45 m = 3866.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.48 mb = 2568.42 m = 8426.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 571.48 mb = 4635.45 m = 15207.97 ft B at Equ Level: 136.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 451.48 mb = 6445.09 m = 21145.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -132.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.2 neg: -60.8 tot: -32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.56 Bulk Shear: 15.96 m/s