MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.32,-103.21 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -103.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 1 950 588 2 900 1043 SFC 866 1368 11.7 -3.2 35 14.9 4.8 348 20 296.9 297.5 284.3 307.3 3.48 4 850 1518 8.5 -4.3 40 12.8 2.8 347 26 295.1 295.7 283.3 304.8 3.27 5 800 2014 3.5 -5.2 53 8.7 -0.2 346 28 294.9 295.5 283.2 304.6 3.25 6 750 2533 -0.8 -8.1 58 7.3 -3.6 327 38 295.7 296.2 283.0 304.1 2.76 7 700 3083 -2.4 -11.8 48 9.4 -5.8 299 51 299.8 300.2 284.0 306.6 2.21 8 650 3665 -7.4 -29.2 16 21.9 -12.1 304 48 300.6 300.7 282.3 302.4 0.52 9 600 4283 -11.1 -45.5 4 34.4 -15.8 312 56 303.2 303.3 282.8 303.6 0.11 10 550 4946 -14.2 -49.0 4 34.7 -18.4 319 70 307.2 307.2 284.4 307.5 0.08 11 500 5664 -16.9 -42.8 9 25.9 -20.4 321 91 312.4 312.4 286.4 313.0 0.17 12 450 6448 -20.6 -44.9 9 24.2 -23.6 319 100 317.3 317.3 288.1 317.9 0.16 13 400 7310 -25.9 -49.7 9 23.8 -28.1 330 105 321.3 321.3 289.3 321.7 0.10 14 350 8263 -33.1 -45.2 29 12.0 -34.2 329 114 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.19 15 300 9324 -43.0 -56.2 22 13.2 -43.5 328 115 324.7 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.06 16 250 10527 -48.9 -66.6 11 17.7 -49.3 318 103 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.02 17 200 12005 -42.5 -74.1 2 31.6 -43.6 321 48 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 18 150 13882 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 288 70 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16399 -65.2 -87.3 3 22.1 -65.3 290 37 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.19 m Freezing level: 759.09 mb = 2438.45 m = 8000.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 803.52 mb = 1978.15 m = 6489.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.93 % Est. max temperature: 13.27 C = 55.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.42 mb = 3202.31 m = 10506.15 ft T: -3.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 3.25 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.11 mb = 3819.54 m = 12531.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.95 C = 60.72 F Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lifted Index: 8.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.16 C Showalter Index: 8.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 12.66 C K Index: 11.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 142.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12901.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.28 mb = 3147.08 m = 10324.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.4 at 65.6 knts Storm direction: 349.4 at 49.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 6.6 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.2 neg: -12.6 tot: 256.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 263.81 m/s