MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 1 950 473 2 900 943 3 850 1435 SFC 820 1741 17.7 -2.6 25 20.2 7.3 193 12 307.8 308.5 288.7 319.9 3.86 5 800 1950 14.5 -3.7 28 18.2 5.6 197 14 306.7 307.3 288.1 318.0 3.64 6 750 2489 9.2 -4.7 37 13.9 2.6 204 15 306.5 307.2 288.0 317.7 3.59 7 700 3055 4.1 -6.8 45 10.9 -0.7 222 13 307.0 307.6 287.8 317.3 3.28 8 650 3653 -0.1 -11.4 42 11.3 -4.6 280 7 308.8 309.3 287.6 316.6 2.46 9 600 4287 -5.5 -15.9 44 10.4 -9.0 293 17 309.8 310.1 287.3 315.8 1.85 10 550 4963 -9.8 -40.6 6 30.8 -15.0 275 23 312.5 312.6 286.5 313.2 0.20 11 500 5691 -14.4 -31.2 23 16.7 -17.9 250 34 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.4 0.57 12 450 6480 -20.0 -31.2 36 11.3 -22.1 244 46 318.1 318.3 288.8 320.4 0.63 13 400 7342 -25.8 -41.6 21 15.9 -27.7 241 63 321.5 321.6 289.5 322.4 0.25 14 350 8297 -32.4 -45.1 27 12.8 -33.5 237 74 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.19 15 300 9363 -40.5 -53.4 24 12.8 -41.2 241 74 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.09 16 250 10588 -46.4 -66.3 9 19.9 -47.0 241 59 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.02 17 200 12054 -50.5 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.9 245 49 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13902 -56.5 -80.2 4 23.7 -56.9 251 46 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16423 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 238 21 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.69 m Freezing level: 651.69 mb = 3632.62 m = 11917.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.11 mb = 2925.87 m = 9599.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.96 % Est. max temperature: 17.93 C = 64.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 604.41 mb = 4228.51 m = 13872.89 ft T: -4.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 6.61 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.82 mb = 4742.59 m = 15559.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.29 C = 70.32 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8764.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 604.75 mb = 4224.05 m = 13858.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.2 neg: -59.7 tot: -36.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 68.58 m/s