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: 42.41,-87.98 Latitude: 42.41 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 104 SFC 985 229 7.3 2.9 74 4.4 5.2 281 8 281.7 282.5 279.1 295.0 4.80 2 950 529 8.9 1.2 58 7.7 5.2 306 31 286.2 287.0 280.7 298.7 4.38 3 900 973 5.1 -0.2 69 5.3 2.7 313 35 286.7 287.4 280.7 298.6 4.17 4 850 1436 1.0 -4.3 68 5.3 -1.2 317 34 287.1 287.7 279.8 296.5 3.26 5 800 1922 -0.3 -13.3 37 13.0 -4.6 312 27 290.8 291.1 279.6 296.0 1.71 6 750 2435 -3.0 -24.0 18 21.0 -8.2 311 31 293.3 293.4 279.4 295.6 0.73 7 700 2977 -5.9 -20.6 30 14.6 -9.9 311 34 295.9 296.1 281.0 299.2 1.06 8 650 3554 -8.0 -22.8 29 14.8 -11.8 315 39 299.9 300.0 282.5 302.9 0.94 9 600 4172 -10.9 -22.8 37 11.9 -13.9 320 46 303.4 303.6 284.1 306.8 1.02 10 550 4837 -14.3 -27.9 30 13.6 -17.1 321 53 307.2 307.3 285.1 309.5 0.70 11 500 5552 -19.3 -34.6 25 15.2 -21.8 321 58 309.5 309.5 285.7 310.9 0.41 12 450 6326 -23.6 -49.9 7 26.3 -26.1 325 78 313.6 313.6 286.7 313.9 0.09 13 400 7180 -27.8 -56.2 5 28.4 -29.9 327 103 318.8 318.8 288.4 319.0 0.05 14 350 8123 -35.0 -60.1 6 25.1 -36.2 329 104 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.7 0.03 15 300 9179 -42.9 -59.1 15 16.1 -43.5 328 106 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.04 16 250 10394 -46.7 -62.9 14 16.2 -47.2 322 90 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 11876 -46.5 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 310 53 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 18 150 13771 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.3 -51.9 303 39 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16357 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 292 28 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5447.35 m Freezing level: 812.54 mb = 1799.90 m = 5905.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.65 mb = 1288.26 m = 4226.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.43 % Est. max temperature: 13.82 C = 56.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.43 mb = 779.83 m = 2558.47 ft T: 6.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 3.05 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.88 mb = 2206.15 m = 7237.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.79 C = 64.02 F Cap Strength: 10.28 C Lifted Index: 11.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.64 C Showalter Index: 12.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.29 C Cross Totals Index: 15.00 C K Index: 1.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15059.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.45 mb = 1441.17 m = 4728.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.2 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 347.2 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.2 neg: -34.5 tot: 196.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 47.11 m/s