MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 71 1 950 502 2 900 965 3 850 1449 SFC 821 1740 8.0 0.1 57 8.0 4.1 10 6 297.5 298.4 285.8 311.4 4.68 5 800 1957 11.7 -7.6 25 19.4 3.2 358 19 303.7 304.2 286.1 312.0 2.69 6 750 2493 8.5 -10.5 25 19.0 0.6 343 12 305.8 306.2 286.4 313.0 2.29 7 700 3057 4.0 -11.3 32 15.3 -2.1 297 8 306.9 307.3 286.8 314.2 2.29 8 650 3653 -0.9 -15.3 33 14.4 -6.0 262 14 307.9 308.2 286.6 313.7 1.78 9 600 4286 -5.0 -30.0 12 25.0 -10.9 279 19 310.3 310.4 286.1 312.1 0.53 10 550 4964 -9.1 -37.2 8 28.1 -14.3 307 17 313.3 313.4 286.9 314.4 0.28 11 500 5694 -13.7 -25.5 36 11.9 -16.6 328 14 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.7 0.96 12 450 6486 -18.7 -33.2 27 14.5 -21.4 332 13 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.5 0.52 13 400 7352 -25.1 -35.3 38 10.1 -26.7 334 17 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.0 0.47 14 350 8306 -32.8 -42.8 36 10.0 -33.8 345 24 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.25 15 300 9372 -40.4 -51.3 30 10.9 -41.0 341 28 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.11 16 250 10597 -47.0 -63.3 14 16.3 -47.5 336 26 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 12059 -51.1 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.5 320 26 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13896 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.4 291 28 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16410 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 264 21 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.05 m Freezing level: 659.48 mb = 3540.41 m = 11615.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.00 mb = 2613.41 m = 8574.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.76 % Est. max temperature: 17.46 C = 63.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.72 mb = 2750.56 m = 9024.03 ft T: 6.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 500.00 mb = 5694.09 m = 18681.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.57 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: 7.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9914.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 588.49 mb = 4437.04 m = 14557.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.5 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 346.5 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -25.9 tot: 26.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.93 Bulk Shear: 13.74 m/s