MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 16 OCT 25 Station: 36.82,-104.62 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -104.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 1 950 454 2 900 931 3 850 1429 4 800 1952 SFC 770 2280 17.1 7.1 52 10.0 10.9 203 13 312.8 314.3 293.9 338.3 8.23 6 750 2501 13.5 6.4 62 7.1 9.2 204 19 311.3 312.8 293.4 336.2 8.07 7 700 3076 7.8 5.1 83 2.7 6.2 211 23 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.6 7.91 8 650 3682 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 219 25 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.8 6.39 9 600 4325 -0.3 -26.4 12 26.1 -7.7 225 50 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.3 0.74 10 550 5015 -4.3 -28.7 13 24.4 -10.7 220 61 318.9 319.1 289.1 321.2 0.65 11 500 5759 -8.3 -38.1 7 29.8 -14.2 217 65 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.0 0.29 12 450 6568 -13.5 -45.2 5 31.8 -18.3 218 64 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.15 13 400 7451 -20.4 -47.4 7 27.1 -23.7 215 64 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.13 14 350 8425 -27.2 -52.8 7 25.5 -29.5 215 63 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 15 300 9516 -35.4 -57.2 9 21.8 -36.7 222 60 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.06 16 250 10760 -44.3 -63.7 10 19.4 -45.0 225 56 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.03 17 200 12227 -52.1 -73.8 6 21.8 -52.4 224 62 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14050 -62.4 -80.5 7 18.2 -62.5 225 41 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16485 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.7 235 39 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.60 m Freezing level: 605.63 mb = 4252.33 m = 13951.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.51 mb = 3800.01 m = 12467.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.94 % Est. max temperature: 18.40 C = 65.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.73 mb = 3523.41 m = 11559.61 ft T: 4.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 20.03 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.23 mb = 3492.54 m = 11458.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.11 C = 60.99 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.89 mb = 3459.99 m = 11351.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.89 mb = 3521.42 m = 11553.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 522.89 mb = 5409.36 m = 17747.03 ft B at Equ Level: 16.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 432.89 mb = 6858.80 m = 22502.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 50.7 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 193.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 144.51 m/s