MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 18 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 147 1 950 576 2 900 1026 3 850 1497 SFC 803 1962 2.5 2.3 99 0.2 2.4 213 11 293.6 294.6 285.3 309.9 5.64 5 800 1990 2.3 2.3 100 0.0 2.2 211 11 293.6 294.6 285.3 309.9 5.63 6 750 2511 1.7 -3.7 67 5.4 -0.7 272 34 298.5 299.2 285.4 310.1 3.89 7 700 3065 -1.1 -9.9 51 8.7 -4.5 289 39 301.2 301.7 285.0 309.2 2.57 8 650 3652 -4.0 -16.3 38 12.4 -8.0 297 32 304.5 304.8 285.2 309.7 1.64 9 600 4279 -7.4 -22.1 30 14.7 -11.5 302 42 307.5 307.7 285.7 311.1 1.08 10 550 4950 -11.8 -18.1 59 6.3 -13.7 304 53 310.1 310.4 287.3 315.5 1.67 11 500 5674 -16.2 -21.8 62 5.6 -17.7 310 61 313.2 313.5 288.0 317.7 1.33 12 450 6459 -21.0 -36.8 23 15.8 -23.4 318 68 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.2 0.36 13 400 7319 -25.3 -42.6 18 17.3 -27.4 326 91 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.22 14 350 8276 -31.6 -45.3 25 13.7 -32.9 329 102 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.19 15 300 9346 -40.6 -53.4 24 12.8 -41.3 326 102 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.09 16 250 10563 -48.2 -60.5 23 12.3 -48.6 324 95 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.04 17 200 12023 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.2 312 63 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.00 18 150 13881 -58.3 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 304 49 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16381 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 310 37 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5527.22 m Freezing level: 719.89 mb = 2844.27 m = 9331.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.66 mb = 2386.21 m = 7828.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.82 % Est. max temperature: 12.60 C = 54.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.09 mb = 1988.80 m = 6524.84 ft T: 2.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 0.96 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.54 mb = 3927.36 m = 12884.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.03 C = 57.26 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: 6.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11445.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.99 mb = 3041.78 m = 9979.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.9 at 55.6 knts Storm direction: 340.9 at 41.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 655.7 neg: -44.9 tot: 610.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 203.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 309.34 m/s