MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 80 1 950 510 2 900 969 3 850 1450 SFC 821 1740 6.4 -4.7 45 11.2 1.5 358 4 295.8 296.4 283.7 305.6 3.27 5 800 1954 10.3 -7.4 28 17.7 2.6 330 10 302.2 302.7 285.5 310.6 2.74 6 750 2489 7.7 -10.7 26 18.3 0.2 0 12 304.9 305.3 286.1 312.0 2.26 7 700 3052 3.8 -13.9 26 17.7 -2.8 334 11 306.7 307.1 286.3 312.7 1.87 8 650 3649 0.2 -17.6 25 17.8 -5.8 305 11 309.2 309.4 286.7 314.0 1.48 9 600 4285 -3.9 -19.3 29 15.4 -8.8 318 17 311.6 311.8 287.5 316.1 1.38 10 550 4966 -8.4 -17.9 46 9.5 -11.4 323 24 314.2 314.5 288.7 319.8 1.71 11 500 5698 -13.1 -24.4 38 11.4 -16.0 328 28 317.1 317.3 289.0 320.7 1.06 12 450 6491 -19.1 -26.1 54 7.0 -20.7 327 31 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.8 1.01 13 400 7355 -26.3 -34.7 45 8.4 -27.6 320 26 320.8 320.8 289.5 322.6 0.50 14 350 8306 -33.0 -46.4 25 13.4 -34.1 317 32 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.17 15 300 9373 -40.5 -55.3 19 14.8 -41.2 328 48 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.07 16 250 10597 -46.3 -63.9 12 17.6 -46.8 331 55 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 17 200 12066 -50.3 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.8 296 41 353.0 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13908 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 286 39 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16415 -64.3 -88.4 2 24.0 -64.5 274 25 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.44 m Freezing level: 647.90 mb = 3676.09 m = 12060.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.73 mb = 2524.58 m = 8282.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.87 % Est. max temperature: 18.05 C = 64.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 690.69 mb = 3159.71 m = 10366.38 ft T: 3.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 484.18 mb = 5940.25 m = 19488.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Cap Strength: 7.92 C Lifted Index: 8.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10451.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 589.24 mb = 4426.73 m = 14523.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.6 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 355.6 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -4.1 tot: 45.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 18.59 m/s