MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 18 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 48 1 950 489 2 900 956 3 850 1444 SFC 821 1740 10.7 -0.9 44 11.7 4.9 250 1 300.4 301.2 286.6 313.5 4.36 5 800 1956 13.5 -1.8 35 15.3 5.8 167 13 305.5 306.3 288.2 318.4 4.19 6 750 2495 9.3 -4.9 36 14.3 2.6 204 13 306.7 307.4 288.0 317.7 3.53 7 700 3061 4.4 -10.2 34 14.7 -1.6 230 14 307.4 307.9 287.2 315.3 2.51 8 650 3658 -0.5 -12.7 39 12.3 -5.1 263 12 308.5 308.9 287.3 315.5 2.21 9 600 4290 -6.4 -13.6 57 7.2 -9.0 290 12 308.7 309.1 287.3 315.8 2.22 10 550 4964 -10.7 -24.7 31 13.9 -14.2 279 20 311.3 311.5 286.9 314.5 0.94 11 500 5690 -15.3 -39.2 11 23.9 -19.1 273 25 314.3 314.4 287.2 315.3 0.25 12 450 6476 -20.1 -47.2 7 27.0 -23.2 283 23 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.4 0.12 13 400 7339 -25.5 -43.4 17 17.8 -27.6 5 15 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.21 14 350 8292 -33.1 -43.1 36 10.0 -34.1 23 30 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.24 15 300 9356 -40.3 -60.3 10 20.0 -41.1 311 16 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.8 0.04 16 250 10585 -45.3 -69.7 5 24.4 -45.9 263 33 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.8 0.01 17 200 12055 -50.6 -73.9 5 23.3 -51.0 266 32 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13902 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 260 35 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16428 -62.7 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 270 23 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.42 m Freezing level: 654.62 mb = 3602.70 m = 11819.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.21 mb = 2838.45 m = 9312.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.35 % Est. max temperature: 17.94 C = 64.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.86 mb = 3213.29 m = 10542.15 ft T: 3.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.16 mb = 4431.55 m = 14539.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.08 C = 66.34 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8562.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 617.86 mb = 4058.61 m = 13315.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: -5.6 tot: 88.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 61.61 m/s