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: 42.43,-87.93 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -87.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 986 221 7.1 3.0 75 4.2 5.1 280 8 281.4 282.3 279.0 294.8 4.80 2 950 528 8.9 1.3 59 7.6 5.3 306 30 286.2 287.0 280.8 298.8 4.43 3 900 973 5.0 -0.2 69 5.2 2.7 313 35 286.7 287.4 280.7 298.6 4.18 4 850 1435 0.9 -4.2 68 5.2 -1.2 317 33 287.1 287.7 279.8 296.6 3.29 5 800 1921 -0.4 -12.7 39 12.3 -4.6 312 26 290.7 291.0 279.6 296.1 1.80 6 750 2434 -3.0 -23.2 19 20.2 -8.2 310 30 293.3 293.4 279.4 295.7 0.78 7 700 2976 -6.1 -19.7 33 13.6 -9.8 310 34 295.7 295.9 281.0 299.3 1.15 8 650 3553 -8.1 -23.4 28 15.3 -11.9 315 39 299.8 300.0 282.5 302.7 0.90 9 600 4171 -11.0 -22.8 37 11.7 -14.0 320 46 303.3 303.5 284.1 306.7 1.02 10 550 4835 -14.3 -26.8 34 12.4 -17.0 321 53 307.1 307.2 285.2 309.7 0.78 11 500 5550 -19.3 -33.8 27 14.5 -21.7 322 57 309.4 309.5 285.7 311.0 0.44 12 450 6324 -23.8 -49.3 8 25.5 -26.2 325 76 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.6 0.10 13 400 7178 -27.9 -56.6 5 28.8 -29.9 327 103 318.8 318.8 288.4 319.0 0.04 14 350 8121 -35.1 -55.6 11 20.5 -36.2 329 104 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.7 0.06 15 300 9176 -42.9 -58.1 17 15.2 -43.5 328 105 324.8 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.05 16 250 10392 -46.6 -62.3 15 15.7 -47.1 321 89 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.03 17 200 11874 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.2 310 51 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13769 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -51.9 302 38 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16356 -58.3 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 293 27 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5446.52 m Freezing level: 816.07 mb = 1764.78 m = 5789.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.13 mb = 1292.41 m = 4240.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.79 % Est. max temperature: 13.79 C = 56.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.93 mb = 747.88 m = 2453.65 ft T: 6.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 3.05 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.15 mb = 2151.14 m = 7057.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.50 C = 63.50 F Cap Strength: 10.18 C Lifted Index: 11.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.48 C Showalter Index: 11.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.30 C Cross Totals Index: 15.13 C K Index: 2.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16287.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.81 mb = 1417.95 m = 4652.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.1 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 347.1 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.7 neg: -36.1 tot: 195.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 47.11 m/s