MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 28 1 950 470 2 900 941 3 850 1433 SFC 820 1741 17.0 -2.7 26 19.8 7.1 192 11 307.2 307.9 288.4 319.0 3.81 5 800 1948 14.7 -4.0 27 18.7 5.6 196 14 306.9 307.5 288.1 318.0 3.56 6 750 2488 9.4 -4.8 36 14.2 2.7 205 15 306.8 307.5 288.1 318.0 3.57 7 700 3054 4.4 -6.5 45 10.9 -0.5 233 14 307.3 308.0 288.0 317.8 3.34 8 650 3653 -0.1 -10.8 44 10.7 -4.4 283 13 308.8 309.3 287.8 317.0 2.57 9 600 4286 -5.8 -12.5 59 6.7 -8.3 295 14 309.4 309.8 287.8 317.2 2.44 10 550 4962 -10.2 -33.8 13 23.6 -14.9 284 22 312.0 312.1 286.5 313.4 0.40 11 500 5688 -14.8 -34.7 17 19.8 -18.4 255 31 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.4 0.40 12 450 6477 -20.3 -33.4 30 13.1 -22.5 247 46 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.51 13 400 7338 -26.2 -40.7 24 14.5 -27.9 245 62 321.0 321.0 289.3 322.0 0.27 14 350 8291 -33.0 -45.0 29 12.0 -34.0 239 73 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.20 15 300 9356 -40.3 -56.2 17 15.8 -41.1 243 71 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.7 0.06 16 250 10583 -46.0 -65.1 10 19.1 -46.6 243 57 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.02 17 200 12048 -51.0 -75.8 4 24.8 -51.5 247 47 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13896 -57.0 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 253 44 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16419 -63.1 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.3 242 21 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.59 m Freezing level: 651.49 mb = 3634.62 m = 11924.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.88 mb = 2962.36 m = 9718.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.32 % Est. max temperature: 18.04 C = 64.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 608.36 mb = 4176.64 m = 13702.73 ft T: -4.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 2.02 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 570.12 mb = 4682.71 m = 15363.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.60 C = 69.08 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 2.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8956.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 602.05 mb = 4259.30 m = 13973.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -31.2 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 73.56 m/s