MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 42.94,-111.49 Latitude: 42.94 Longitude: -111.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 1 950 605 2 900 1051 3 850 1516 SFC 804 1962 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 190 6 291.3 292.2 283.5 305.3 4.84 5 800 2005 -0.2 -0.2 100 0.0 -0.2 188 6 290.9 291.8 283.2 304.5 4.71 6 750 2520 -1.2 -2.1 94 0.9 -1.7 270 16 295.2 296.0 284.6 308.1 4.36 7 700 3070 -1.8 -8.6 60 6.8 -4.5 296 19 300.5 301.0 285.0 309.2 2.84 8 650 3657 -4.2 -15.8 40 11.5 -8.1 325 17 304.2 304.5 285.2 309.6 1.72 9 600 4285 -6.5 -17.7 41 11.1 -10.1 343 24 308.6 308.9 286.6 313.8 1.59 10 550 4961 -9.4 -16.1 58 6.7 -11.6 344 27 312.9 313.3 288.5 319.4 1.98 11 500 5693 -12.4 -23.5 39 11.1 -15.4 345 26 317.9 318.1 289.3 321.8 1.15 12 450 6489 -18.1 -23.1 65 5.0 -19.4 357 26 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.0 1.32 13 400 7358 -24.6 -27.8 75 3.2 -25.2 349 39 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.5 0.97 14 350 8316 -31.5 -36.8 59 5.4 -32.1 359 47 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.47 15 300 9385 -41.2 -45.8 61 4.7 -41.5 360 58 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.21 16 250 10601 -48.7 -57.5 35 8.9 -49.0 0 69 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.06 17 200 12051 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -52.0 8 60 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13887 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 17 37 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16401 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 309 16 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5515.44 m Freezing level: 801.10 mb = 1993.83 m = 6541.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 801.43 mb = 1990.41 m = 6530.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 12.33 C = 54.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.73 mb = 2007.47 m = 6586.12 ft T: -0.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.05 C/km ThetaE index: 0.77 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.34 mb = 3935.48 m = 12911.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.48 C = 58.06 F Cap Strength: 9.02 C Lifted Index: 11.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12503.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.82 mb = 2715.65 m = 8909.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.1 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 10.1 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 108.79 m/s