MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 2 900 970 3 850 1450 SFC 821 1740 6.6 -5.7 41 12.3 1.3 350 3 296.0 296.5 283.4 305.1 3.03 5 800 1955 10.2 -7.5 28 17.7 2.5 315 8 302.1 302.6 285.5 310.5 2.72 6 750 2490 7.6 -11.2 25 18.8 0.0 5 13 304.8 305.2 285.9 311.6 2.16 7 700 3053 3.7 -13.5 27 17.3 -2.8 344 9 306.6 307.0 286.3 312.8 1.92 8 650 3651 0.8 -15.3 29 16.0 -5.0 321 16 309.8 310.2 287.3 315.6 1.79 9 600 4288 -3.6 -16.5 36 13.0 -8.0 327 17 312.0 312.3 288.0 317.8 1.75 10 550 4969 -8.2 -20.8 36 12.5 -12.0 329 22 314.3 314.6 288.3 318.8 1.33 11 500 5702 -13.1 -23.9 40 10.7 -15.9 326 31 317.0 317.2 289.0 320.8 1.11 12 450 6494 -19.5 -28.9 43 9.4 -21.4 321 34 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.5 0.78 13 400 7356 -26.0 -39.0 28 13.0 -27.6 317 35 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.5 0.33 14 350 8309 -32.4 -54.1 10 21.6 -33.9 324 43 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.07 15 300 9377 -40.3 -53.6 23 13.3 -41.1 332 61 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.09 16 250 10601 -46.6 -62.5 15 15.9 -47.0 326 56 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.03 17 200 12064 -50.5 -75.2 4 24.8 -50.9 307 40 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13910 -59.2 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 284 38 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16412 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 277 26 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.15 m Freezing level: 641.21 mb = 3762.80 m = 12345.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.65 mb = 2493.40 m = 8180.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.83 % Est. max temperature: 18.38 C = 65.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.67 mb = 3302.52 m = 10834.90 ft T: 2.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 820.8- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 482.62 mb = 5967.67 m = 19578.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lifted Index: 8.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10809.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 586.68 mb = 4463.72 m = 14644.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.6 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 355.6 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.5 neg: -7.6 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 29.97 m/s