MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 64 1 950 498 2 900 963 3 850 1449 SFC 821 1740 8.3 0.9 59 7.5 4.6 5 6 297.8 298.7 286.2 312.6 4.96 5 800 1958 11.8 -1.2 41 13.0 5.2 356 2 303.7 304.5 287.8 317.1 4.39 6 750 2495 8.4 -4.0 41 12.4 2.5 336 8 305.7 306.4 287.9 317.5 3.79 7 700 3060 3.8 -7.6 43 11.4 -1.1 326 12 306.7 307.3 287.6 316.4 3.09 8 650 3656 -0.8 -14.2 35 13.5 -5.6 293 11 308.1 308.5 286.9 314.4 1.96 9 600 4288 -6.0 -18.3 37 12.2 -9.9 266 15 309.1 309.4 286.8 314.1 1.51 10 550 4965 -9.5 -34.8 11 25.3 -14.5 286 17 312.8 312.8 286.8 314.0 0.36 11 500 5694 -13.9 -37.1 12 23.2 -18.0 321 15 316.0 316.1 287.8 317.2 0.32 12 450 6485 -19.2 -31.4 33 12.2 -21.5 352 14 319.0 319.2 289.1 321.2 0.62 13 400 7350 -25.6 -32.6 52 7.0 -26.8 0 17 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.9 0.61 14 350 8303 -33.0 -47.9 21 14.9 -34.1 356 21 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.14 15 300 9369 -40.7 -56.7 16 16.0 -41.5 356 24 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.06 16 250 10589 -47.0 -68.6 7 21.6 -47.5 333 18 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.3 0.01 17 200 12055 -51.0 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.5 298 22 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.00 18 150 13898 -57.3 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.6 268 34 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16415 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.3 -63.9 277 24 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.98 m Freezing level: 658.18 mb = 3558.46 m = 11674.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.17 mb = 2883.97 m = 9461.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.94 % Est. max temperature: 17.51 C = 63.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.26 mb = 2690.61 m = 8827.35 ft T: 6.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 3.42 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.02 mb = 4300.94 m = 14110.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.09 C = 66.36 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9611.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.44 mb = 3773.09 m = 12378.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.1 neg: -14.8 tot: 11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 14.45 m/s