MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F056.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F056.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 56 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 19 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 169 1 950 601 2 900 1055 3 850 1529 SFC 806 1961 1.1 -0.7 88 1.7 0.3 159 6 291.6 292.4 283.3 304.7 4.52 5 800 2026 4.5 -0.8 69 5.3 2.0 167 9 295.9 296.7 285.0 309.3 4.51 6 750 2554 5.5 -9.0 34 14.5 -0.4 244 19 302.6 303.1 285.5 310.6 2.58 7 700 3116 3.5 -11.4 33 14.9 -2.4 279 27 306.3 306.7 286.6 313.5 2.28 8 650 3713 0.7 -6.3 60 6.9 -2.4 283 31 309.7 310.4 289.2 321.3 3.68 9 600 4352 -2.2 -16.5 32 14.3 -7.2 285 32 313.6 314.0 288.6 319.4 1.76 10 550 5038 -6.7 -11.3 70 4.6 -8.5 285 33 316.1 316.7 290.5 325.6 2.93 11 500 5775 -11.4 -19.5 51 8.1 -13.9 290 36 319.1 319.5 290.2 324.7 1.64 12 450 6575 -16.5 -23.2 57 6.6 -18.3 285 39 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.0 1.32 13 400 7449 -23.0 -31.6 45 8.6 -24.6 282 42 325.0 325.2 291.0 327.5 0.68 14 350 8411 -30.7 -36.0 60 5.3 -31.4 284 45 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.2 0.50 15 300 9485 -39.5 -46.4 48 6.9 -40.1 291 46 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.20 16 250 10706 -48.5 -56.1 41 7.5 -48.8 287 53 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12144 -56.0 -67.5 22 11.6 -56.2 283 58 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13946 -61.8 -78.5 9 16.8 -61.9 288 49 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16415 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 284 41 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.36 m Freezing level: 638.28 mb = 3863.19 m = 12674.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.34 mb = 2452.69 m = 8046.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.32 % Est. max temperature: 17.65 C = 63.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.85 mb = 2182.57 m = 7160.58 ft T: 4.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 494.73 mb = 5855.66 m = 19211.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: 9.72 C Lifted Index: 10.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.64 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10745.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 633.77 mb = 3915.21 m = 12845.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 258.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 135.27 m/s