MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 79 1 950 510 2 900 970 3 850 1450 SFC 821 1740 6.7 -4.4 45 11.1 1.7 360 4 296.1 296.7 283.8 306.1 3.35 5 800 1955 10.7 -8.5 25 19.2 2.5 329 12 302.6 303.1 285.5 310.4 2.52 6 750 2490 7.5 -9.5 29 17.0 0.4 8 11 304.7 305.2 286.2 312.4 2.47 7 700 3053 3.8 -14.3 25 18.2 -2.9 318 11 306.7 307.1 286.2 312.5 1.80 8 650 3650 -0.3 -21.1 19 20.8 -6.7 281 12 308.6 308.8 286.1 312.2 1.09 9 600 4285 -4.3 -19.5 29 15.3 -9.0 292 17 311.2 311.5 287.3 315.7 1.36 10 550 4965 -8.5 -21.4 34 13.0 -12.2 318 21 314.1 314.3 288.2 318.3 1.25 11 500 5697 -13.2 -21.7 49 8.5 -15.6 326 22 316.9 317.2 289.2 321.4 1.34 12 450 6490 -18.7 -33.1 27 14.4 -21.4 324 22 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.5 0.52 13 400 7356 -25.5 -35.6 38 10.1 -27.0 318 26 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.6 0.46 14 350 8307 -33.5 -41.8 43 8.4 -34.3 322 29 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.28 15 300 9374 -40.4 -53.7 23 13.4 -41.1 328 45 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.09 16 250 10597 -46.0 -65.1 10 19.2 -46.5 330 47 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 17 200 12065 -50.2 -75.3 4 25.1 -50.6 305 33 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13906 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 295 34 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16419 -64.0 -88.1 2 24.1 -64.2 275 27 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.24 m Freezing level: 654.09 mb = 3601.15 m = 11814.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.34 mb = 2552.21 m = 8373.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.83 % Est. max temperature: 17.76 C = 63.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.84 mb = 3147.66 m = 10326.83 ft T: 3.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 485.84 mb = 5912.87 m = 19398.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 7.76 C Lifted Index: 8.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10398.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 589.74 mb = 4419.41 m = 14499.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.4 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 348.4 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.0 neg: -6.6 tot: 47.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 11.60 m/s