MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 74 1 950 505 2 900 966 3 850 1448 SFC 821 1740 6.8 -4.5 44 11.4 1.8 3 5 296.3 296.9 283.9 306.3 3.33 5 800 1953 11.1 -9.2 23 20.3 2.5 341 20 303.0 303.4 285.5 310.5 2.38 6 750 2488 7.4 -11.4 25 18.8 -0.2 6 13 304.6 305.0 285.8 311.3 2.13 7 700 3052 4.0 -17.2 20 21.2 -3.4 316 5 306.9 307.2 285.8 311.5 1.41 8 650 3648 -0.3 -23.8 15 23.5 -7.1 272 12 308.7 308.8 285.9 311.6 0.86 9 600 4283 -4.4 -30.5 11 26.2 -10.5 290 12 311.1 311.2 286.4 312.8 0.50 10 550 4962 -8.6 -25.6 24 17.0 -13.0 310 15 313.8 314.0 287.7 316.8 0.86 11 500 5693 -13.1 -28.2 27 15.1 -16.6 325 19 317.0 317.2 288.6 319.6 0.75 12 450 6487 -18.5 -29.4 38 10.9 -20.7 320 18 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.7 0.75 13 400 7353 -25.1 -36.9 33 11.8 -26.8 322 24 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.40 14 350 8307 -33.3 -38.9 57 5.6 -33.9 325 27 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.38 15 300 9372 -40.2 -54.2 21 14.0 -40.9 322 35 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 16 250 10596 -46.4 -62.4 15 15.9 -46.9 331 38 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.03 17 200 12065 -50.0 -77.0 3 27.0 -50.5 303 28 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 13904 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 309 32 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16417 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 270 24 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.17 m Freezing level: 653.20 mb = 3610.06 m = 11843.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.96 mb = 2455.57 m = 8056.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.61 % Est. max temperature: 17.85 C = 64.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.89 mb = 3180.90 m = 10435.91 ft T: 3.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 820.7-16093824937590953869312.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 468.75 mb = 6179.79 m = 20274.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 7.90 C Lifted Index: 8.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10948.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 576.93 mb = 4588.78 m = 15054.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.9 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 348.9 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.6 neg: -3.9 tot: 39.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.65 Bulk Shear: 7.27 m/s