MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191800F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191800F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 4Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.14,-90.37 Latitude: 40.14 Longitude: -90.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 990 158 15.7 8.2 61 7.5 11.4 297 10 289.7 290.9 285.0 309.3 6.90 2 950 507 13.7 6.4 61 7.4 9.7 303 29 291.1 292.3 285.1 309.3 6.34 3 900 960 9.8 5.7 76 4.0 7.6 307 34 291.6 292.7 285.3 309.9 6.40 4 850 1432 6.4 2.1 74 4.3 4.2 306 27 292.9 293.8 284.6 308.1 5.25 5 800 1927 3.7 -3.3 60 7.0 0.6 279 32 295.1 295.8 283.9 306.3 3.76 6 750 2448 0.3 -5.1 67 5.4 -2.0 266 34 296.9 297.5 284.3 307.4 3.50 7 700 2996 -4.5 -9.7 67 5.2 -6.4 272 26 297.5 298.0 283.6 305.5 2.61 8 650 3574 -9.0 -14.3 65 5.3 -10.6 270 36 298.8 299.2 283.3 304.8 1.94 9 600 4190 -11.6 -33.6 14 22.0 -15.6 263 48 302.7 302.8 283.0 304.0 0.37 10 550 4852 -14.7 -21.6 56 6.8 -16.4 238 76 306.6 306.8 285.5 310.7 1.24 11 500 5566 -19.7 -33.9 27 14.2 -22.0 235 90 309.0 309.1 285.5 310.5 0.43 12 450 6343 -22.6 -45.5 11 22.9 -25.1 229 93 314.8 314.8 287.2 315.4 0.15 13 400 7202 -26.1 -54.3 5 28.2 -28.4 232 91 321.0 321.0 289.1 321.3 0.06 14 350 8153 -32.4 -58.1 6 25.7 -34.0 239 102 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.04 15 300 9225 -39.0 -59.5 10 20.5 -39.9 244 107 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.04 16 250 10459 -44.4 -70.6 4 26.3 -45.1 247 95 340.1 340.1 294.3 340.1 0.01 17 200 11931 -51.2 -77.9 3 26.7 -51.6 245 74 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.00 18 150 13776 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 238 69 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16311 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 234 39 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5492.59 m Freezing level: 747.01 mb = 2480.50 m = 8138.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.25 mb = 2046.25 m = 6713.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.23 % Est. max temperature: 19.32 C = 66.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.74 mb = 1101.15 m = 3612.65 ft T: 8.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1808.15 m = 5932.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.59 C = 69.07 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 23.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.82 mb = 1385.21 m = 4544.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.82 mb = 2998.01 m = 9835.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 619.82 mb = 3939.57 m = 12924.94 ft B at Equ Level: 23.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 569.82 mb = 4582.68 m = 15034.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.4 neg: -91.2 tot: -39.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 172.63 m/s