MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.37,-87.9 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 986 220 7.8 3.7 75 4.2 5.8 283 9 282.1 283.0 279.6 296.1 5.04 2 950 528 8.9 1.3 59 7.6 5.3 307 31 286.2 287.0 280.8 298.8 4.42 3 900 973 5.0 -0.2 69 5.2 2.6 313 35 286.6 287.4 280.7 298.6 4.18 4 850 1435 1.0 -4.5 67 5.5 -1.2 316 33 287.2 287.8 279.8 296.5 3.22 5 800 1921 -0.3 -13.5 36 13.1 -4.7 312 26 290.8 291.1 279.5 295.9 1.69 6 750 2434 -3.0 -25.5 16 22.5 -8.4 310 30 293.4 293.5 279.3 295.4 0.64 7 700 2977 -6.1 -21.6 28 15.5 -10.1 310 34 295.8 296.0 280.8 298.9 0.97 8 650 3554 -8.1 -22.5 31 14.3 -11.8 314 39 299.7 299.9 282.5 302.9 0.97 9 600 4171 -11.1 -22.3 39 11.2 -13.9 319 45 303.2 303.4 284.1 306.7 1.06 10 550 4836 -14.3 -27.2 33 12.9 -17.1 321 53 307.1 307.2 285.1 309.6 0.75 11 500 5550 -19.3 -35.3 23 16.0 -21.8 321 57 309.4 309.5 285.6 310.8 0.38 12 450 6325 -23.9 -48.9 8 25.0 -26.3 325 76 313.2 313.2 286.6 313.5 0.10 13 400 7178 -27.8 -56.1 5 28.2 -29.9 327 104 318.8 318.8 288.4 319.0 0.05 14 350 8121 -35.1 -54.8 12 19.6 -36.2 329 105 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.6 0.06 15 300 9176 -42.8 -59.1 15 16.3 -43.5 328 104 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.1 0.04 16 250 10392 -46.5 -61.4 17 14.9 -47.0 321 88 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 11875 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.1 310 52 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13770 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 301 38 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16357 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 294 27 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5446.65 m Freezing level: 812.78 mb = 1797.23 m = 5896.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.89 mb = 1285.54 m = 4217.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.58 % Est. max temperature: 13.88 C = 56.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.20 mb = 745.86 m = 2447.03 ft T: 6.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 3.36 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.73 mb = 2145.69 m = 7039.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.58 C = 63.65 F Cap Strength: 10.06 C Lifted Index: 10.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 12.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.37 C Cross Totals Index: 14.86 C K Index: 0.34 Risk: None Sweat Index: 122.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16140.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.24 mb = 1414.22 m = 4639.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.9 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 346.9 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.2 neg: -37.5 tot: 185.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 44.06 m/s