MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 7Z 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 1 950 504 2 900 965 3 850 1447 SFC 821 1740 6.5 -2.3 53 8.8 2.4 10 6 295.9 296.6 284.4 307.6 3.93 5 800 1953 11.3 -8.6 24 19.8 2.7 341 17 303.1 303.6 285.7 310.9 2.50 6 750 2489 8.2 -14.1 19 22.3 -0.3 333 17 305.5 305.8 285.7 311.0 1.71 7 700 3053 4.0 -14.8 24 18.8 -2.9 236 7 307.0 307.3 286.2 312.5 1.73 8 650 3650 -0.4 -23.4 16 22.9 -7.1 257 15 308.5 308.6 285.8 311.5 0.89 9 600 4283 -4.9 -31.9 10 27.0 -11.0 278 18 310.4 310.5 286.0 311.9 0.44 10 550 4961 -9.0 -26.9 22 17.8 -13.5 310 16 313.3 313.5 287.4 316.0 0.77 11 500 5692 -13.3 -29.8 24 16.4 -16.9 327 16 316.8 316.9 288.4 319.0 0.65 12 450 6485 -18.5 -36.6 19 18.1 -21.5 326 16 319.9 320.0 289.1 321.3 0.37 13 400 7351 -25.3 -35.2 39 9.9 -26.8 322 19 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.9 0.48 14 350 8305 -32.8 -40.0 49 7.1 -33.6 332 26 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.34 15 300 9371 -40.4 -49.9 35 9.6 -40.9 327 28 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.13 16 250 10595 -46.8 -62.7 15 15.9 -47.3 330 32 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.03 17 200 12060 -50.4 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.9 317 28 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13898 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 309 29 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16414 -63.0 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 266 23 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.78 m Freezing level: 654.79 mb = 3592.36 m = 11785.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.57 mb = 2438.16 m = 7999.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.02 % Est. max temperature: 17.77 C = 63.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.31 mb = 2864.53 m = 9397.94 ft T: 5.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 466.11 mb = 6220.11 m = 20406.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lifted Index: 8.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10362.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 569.89 mb = 4684.15 m = 15367.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.9 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 340.9 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.7 neg: -62.5 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.58 Bulk Shear: 8.51 m/s