MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 41.71,-90.53 Latitude: 41.71 Longitude: -90.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 982 215 10.8 1.5 53 9.3 6.3 278 17 285.4 286.1 280.3 297.7 4.34 2 950 489 6.9 0.2 62 6.7 3.8 278 25 284.2 284.9 279.4 295.7 4.08 3 900 930 2.5 -0.6 80 3.1 1.1 277 27 284.1 284.8 279.4 295.6 4.08 4 850 1388 -1.8 -1.8 100 0.0 -1.8 278 30 284.3 285.0 279.3 295.4 3.94 5 800 1867 -5.4 -5.5 100 0.1 -5.5 285 34 285.3 285.9 278.8 294.4 3.17 6 750 2371 -7.8 -8.5 95 0.7 -8.1 293 36 288.1 288.5 279.5 295.9 2.68 7 700 2906 -9.8 -10.8 93 1.0 -10.1 291 36 291.6 292.0 280.8 298.8 2.40 8 650 3474 -12.2 -12.9 95 0.7 -12.4 282 39 295.2 295.6 282.1 301.8 2.19 9 600 4083 -15.4 -16.6 90 1.3 -15.7 284 43 298.3 298.6 282.9 303.7 1.73 10 550 4734 -19.2 -22.3 77 3.1 -19.9 289 49 301.3 301.5 283.4 305.0 1.16 11 500 5438 -23.0 -26.2 75 3.2 -23.6 289 59 305.0 305.2 284.5 308.0 0.90 12 450 6202 -28.5 -31.5 75 3.1 -28.9 286 64 307.5 307.6 285.1 309.5 0.61 13 400 7032 -35.8 -41.1 58 5.3 -36.2 289 67 308.5 308.5 285.1 309.4 0.26 14 350 7949 -40.4 -56.5 16 16.1 -41.0 300 79 314.3 314.3 286.9 314.5 0.05 15 300 8992 -43.4 -68.2 5 24.8 -44.0 299 85 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.2 0.01 16 250 10213 -44.6 -72.8 3 28.2 -45.3 297 89 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.01 17 200 11703 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.1 297 81 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13595 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.1 292 54 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.01 19 100 16217 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 286 25 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5372.86 m Freezing level: 870.69 mb = 1198.30 m = 3931.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 880.66 mb = 1103.79 m = 3621.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.64 % Est. max temperature: 10.05 C = 50.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.15 mb = 1358.35 m = 4456.48 ft T: -1.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 3.24 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1316.44 m = 4318.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.65 C = 49.36 F Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lifted Index: 8.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: 9.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 18.44 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.63 mb = 1325.65 m = 4349.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.63 mb = 1372.59 m = 4503.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 751.63 mb = 2353.91 m = 7722.72 ft B at Equ Level: 20.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 701.63 mb = 2887.73 m = 9474.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 316.1 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.4 neg: -3.9 tot: 102.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 45.92 m/s