MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 41.93,-88.79 Latitude: 41.93 Longitude: -88.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 972 268 13.9 5.4 57 8.5 9.4 169 14 289.4 290.4 283.7 305.9 5.80 2 950 464 13.7 4.1 52 9.7 8.6 178 30 291.1 292.1 284.1 306.7 5.39 3 900 917 11.3 2.4 54 8.9 6.8 196 45 293.2 294.1 284.5 307.9 5.07 4 850 1392 8.2 2.1 65 6.2 5.1 217 43 294.8 295.7 285.3 310.0 5.23 5 800 1889 3.8 1.6 85 2.3 2.7 234 39 295.3 296.2 285.7 311.0 5.36 6 750 2410 -0.4 -0.4 100 0.0 -0.4 240 41 296.1 297.0 285.6 310.7 4.95 7 700 2960 -0.1 -2.0 87 1.9 -1.0 231 38 302.3 303.2 287.6 316.6 4.72 8 650 3555 -0.6 -3.6 81 2.9 -2.0 222 42 308.2 309.1 289.5 322.3 4.52 9 600 4190 -4.3 -11.3 58 7.1 -7.0 224 47 311.2 311.7 288.7 319.8 2.68 10 550 4869 -9.1 -19.1 44 9.9 -12.2 218 51 313.2 313.5 288.2 318.3 1.54 11 500 5600 -13.5 -25.2 37 11.7 -16.4 216 56 316.5 316.7 288.7 319.9 0.98 12 450 6390 -19.8 -32.9 30 13.1 -22.1 224 65 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.2 0.53 13 400 7254 -25.5 -41.8 20 16.3 -27.5 224 79 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.8 0.24 14 350 8208 -32.2 -55.6 8 23.4 -33.7 228 83 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.06 15 300 9277 -39.6 -54.2 20 14.6 -40.4 236 91 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 16 250 10504 -47.0 -60.1 21 13.1 -47.4 240 93 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 17 200 11953 -54.7 -70.3 13 15.6 -54.9 239 79 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 13781 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 239 59 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16325 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 252 37 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.42 m Freezing level: 754.73 mb = 2360.30 m = 7743.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.29 mb = 2342.24 m = 7684.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.05 % Est. max temperature: 19.53 C = 67.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.96 mb = 1333.92 m = 4376.32 ft T: 8.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 0.23 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2278.27 m = 7474.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.40 C = 68.72 F Cap Strength: 9.27 C Lifted Index: 10.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.29 C Showalter Index: 8.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 15.61 C K Index: 21.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12335.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.78 mb = 1840.02 m = 6036.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 446.1 neg: -18.6 tot: 427.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 106.04 m/s