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: 40.37,-107.71 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -107.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 545 2 900 1004 3 850 1485 4 800 1988 SFC 794 2049 7.7 -0.2 57 7.9 3.7 265 7 300.0 300.9 286.8 314.2 4.73 6 750 2517 3.7 -0.7 73 4.4 1.5 254 10 300.6 301.5 287.1 315.1 4.84 7 700 3072 -1.4 -2.6 91 1.2 -1.9 237 14 301.0 301.8 286.9 314.6 4.51 8 650 3657 -6.4 -8.7 83 2.4 -7.3 265 17 301.8 302.3 285.7 311.1 3.04 9 600 4277 -11.2 -12.9 87 1.7 -11.8 266 15 303.1 303.6 285.5 310.5 2.36 10 550 4940 -14.7 -23.1 49 8.4 -16.7 298 14 306.6 306.8 285.4 310.2 1.08 11 500 5656 -19.0 -28.8 42 9.8 -20.8 258 16 309.9 310.1 286.2 312.4 0.71 12 450 6430 -25.5 -32.7 51 7.2 -26.6 237 15 311.2 311.3 286.4 313.1 0.54 13 400 7271 -31.4 -41.6 36 10.2 -32.4 252 21 314.2 314.2 287.1 315.1 0.25 14 350 8212 -32.1 -55.5 8 23.4 -33.6 245 64 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.06 15 300 9290 -36.9 -60.3 7 23.4 -38.1 238 72 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.04 16 250 10538 -41.7 -70.5 3 28.9 -42.6 235 69 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.01 17 200 12031 -46.7 -74.4 3 27.7 -47.3 235 58 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13901 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 246 45 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16435 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 237 11 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.01 m Freezing level: 713.51 mb = 2922.01 m = 9586.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.87 mb = 2757.85 m = 9047.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.10 % Est. max temperature: 9.51 C = 49.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.05 mb = 3037.03 m = 9963.90 ft T: -1.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 4.93 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.02 mb = 3173.97 m = 10413.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.75 C = 47.76 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.26 mb = 3114.26 m = 10217.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.26 mb = 3402.97 m = 11164.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.26 mb = 5488.41 m = 18006.39 ft B at Equ Level: 71.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 381.26 mb = 7609.31 m = 24964.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -138.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -1.4 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.77 Bulk Shear: 12.68 m/s