MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 40.11,-107.53 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -107.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 554 2 900 1012 3 850 1490 4 800 1992 5 750 2519 SFC 718 2874 1.1 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.3 264 6 301.5 302.3 286.5 313.4 3.88 7 700 3075 -0.6 -4.5 75 3.9 -2.3 268 7 301.9 302.6 286.6 313.8 3.92 8 650 3661 -5.9 -9.6 75 3.7 -7.3 248 11 302.3 302.8 285.7 311.1 2.84 9 600 4282 -10.8 -12.8 85 2.0 -11.5 253 14 303.6 304.1 285.7 311.1 2.38 10 550 4944 -15.9 -20.5 68 4.6 -17.0 262 14 305.3 305.5 285.2 309.7 1.36 11 500 5658 -19.4 -29.2 41 9.8 -21.2 253 20 309.4 309.5 285.9 311.7 0.68 12 450 6431 -25.8 -36.9 35 11.1 -27.3 245 25 310.8 310.8 286.1 312.0 0.36 13 400 7275 -29.3 -48.8 13 19.5 -30.9 250 40 317.0 317.0 287.9 317.4 0.11 14 350 8227 -30.8 -55.4 7 24.5 -32.6 243 74 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.06 15 300 9303 -37.4 -63.5 5 26.1 -38.6 236 72 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.02 16 250 10550 -41.5 -70.5 3 28.9 -42.5 234 74 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.01 17 200 12041 -47.3 -74.8 3 27.6 -47.9 234 58 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 18 150 13907 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.4 252 45 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16439 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 248 11 410.3 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.03 m Freezing level: 706.03 mb = 3006.25 m = 9862.90 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.76 % Est. max temperature: 3.94 C = 39.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 660.11 mb = 3538.88 m = 11610.37 ft T: -4.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 622.75 mb = 3993.16 m = 13100.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.45 C = 36.41 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 629.42 mb = 3910.57 m = 12829.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.42 mb = 4482.02 m = 14704.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 534.42 mb = 5159.05 m = 16925.82 ft B at Equ Level: 9.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 504.42 mb = 5591.85 m = 18345.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: -5.3 tot: 38.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 74.94 m/s