MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.78,-88.56 Latitude: 40.78 Longitude: -88.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 984 204 14.1 3.3 48 10.7 8.6 161 14 288.6 289.4 282.5 302.7 4.94 2 950 500 13.7 1.6 44 12.0 7.6 169 36 291.0 291.8 283.1 304.1 4.52 3 900 952 10.3 -1.5 44 11.8 4.8 180 46 292.1 292.8 282.7 303.3 3.81 4 850 1431 12.4 6.4 67 6.0 9.0 216 42 299.2 300.5 288.8 320.2 7.13 5 800 1937 10.0 1.5 56 8.4 5.5 225 35 301.8 302.8 288.1 317.9 5.35 6 750 2471 6.9 0.6 64 6.3 3.7 226 43 304.0 305.0 288.8 320.2 5.34 7 700 3034 3.8 -4.1 56 8.0 0.1 237 49 306.7 307.5 288.5 319.2 4.02 8 650 3633 0.9 -9.4 46 10.3 -3.4 245 42 310.0 310.6 288.5 319.2 2.89 9 600 4271 -2.7 -20.5 24 17.8 -8.2 230 37 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.2 1.25 10 550 4955 -7.3 -27.1 19 19.7 -12.3 233 42 315.4 315.5 288.1 318.0 0.76 11 500 5689 -12.0 -37.5 10 25.5 -16.7 235 46 318.4 318.4 288.6 319.5 0.30 12 450 6488 -16.8 -38.7 13 22.0 -20.4 239 49 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.30 13 400 7360 -23.3 -44.1 13 20.7 -25.9 244 58 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.19 14 350 8321 -31.1 -46.5 21 15.3 -32.6 247 67 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.17 15 300 9394 -39.5 -54.8 18 15.3 -40.4 252 77 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 16 250 10616 -49.2 -57.4 38 8.2 -49.4 259 86 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.07 17 200 12048 -57.2 -66.9 28 9.7 -57.3 256 64 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.02 18 150 13860 -58.6 -81.6 4 23.0 -58.8 240 66 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16375 -63.1 -87.4 2 24.4 -63.3 243 34 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.25 m Freezing level: 636.87 mb = 3800.54 m = 12468.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.87 mb = 3047.34 m = 9997.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.42 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.73 mb = 1562.12 m = 5125.00 ft T: 11.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 2.33 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.75 mb = 4746.88 m = 15573.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.06 C = 104.12 F Cap Strength: 13.26 C Lifted Index: 14.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.10 C Showalter Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 22.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14141.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.91 mb = 2115.51 m = 6940.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 632.5 neg: -9.6 tot: 622.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 162.73 m/s