MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 160 1 950 593 2 900 1047 3 850 1521 SFC 806 1961 0.6 -4.6 68 5.2 -1.5 165 8 291.2 291.8 281.8 301.2 3.38 5 800 2018 4.2 -4.3 54 8.6 0.5 166 10 295.7 296.3 283.8 306.0 3.46 6 750 2546 6.0 -6.5 40 12.5 0.5 227 23 303.0 303.6 286.3 312.7 3.12 7 700 3109 4.1 -9.8 35 13.9 -1.6 254 22 307.1 307.6 287.2 315.3 2.60 8 650 3707 1.0 -12.1 37 13.0 -4.1 269 28 310.1 310.5 287.9 317.6 2.33 9 600 4346 -2.5 -10.9 52 8.4 -5.8 278 31 313.3 313.8 289.5 322.3 2.78 10 550 5032 -6.4 -14.7 51 8.4 -9.4 283 36 316.5 317.0 289.9 323.9 2.22 11 500 5770 -11.3 -18.5 55 7.2 -13.6 282 41 319.2 319.6 290.3 325.2 1.77 12 450 6568 -17.3 -21.3 71 4.0 -18.4 281 43 321.5 321.8 290.8 326.8 1.55 13 400 7440 -23.4 -30.8 51 7.4 -24.8 279 47 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.1 0.73 14 350 8402 -30.8 -40.7 37 9.9 -32.0 281 49 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.31 15 300 9476 -39.5 -48.5 38 8.9 -40.1 281 47 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.2 0.16 16 250 10698 -48.5 -57.6 34 9.1 -48.8 280 62 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12134 -56.8 -66.0 30 9.2 -56.9 275 62 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 13930 -62.9 -78.9 10 16.0 -63.0 273 52 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 19 100 16390 -66.7 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.8 282 37 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.40 m Freezing level: 635.81 mb = 3888.65 m = 12757.88 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.98 % Est. max temperature: 18.00 C = 64.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.92 mb = 2623.35 m = 8606.70 ft T: 5.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 805.6- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 495.02 mb = 5845.82 m = 19178.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: 9.84 C Lifted Index: 10.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10855.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 630.51 mb = 3950.41 m = 12960.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.6 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 304.6 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 152.72 m/s