MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 88 1 950 518 2 900 977 3 850 1457 SFC 821 1740 6.1 -5.9 42 12.0 1.0 16 3 295.4 295.9 283.1 304.4 2.99 5 800 1961 9.8 -7.4 29 17.2 2.4 293 4 301.6 302.1 285.4 310.1 2.74 6 750 2496 8.8 -11.9 22 20.6 0.4 350 15 306.1 306.5 286.3 312.7 2.05 7 700 3061 4.0 -13.4 27 17.4 -2.6 339 14 306.9 307.2 286.4 313.1 1.94 8 650 3658 0.0 -15.2 31 15.2 -5.4 330 17 309.0 309.4 287.1 314.9 1.81 9 600 4294 -4.0 -19.1 30 15.1 -8.8 325 19 311.4 311.7 287.5 316.1 1.41 10 550 4974 -8.3 -20.8 36 12.5 -12.1 324 25 314.2 314.4 288.3 318.6 1.32 11 500 5706 -13.5 -23.8 42 10.2 -16.2 324 32 316.5 316.7 288.9 320.4 1.12 12 450 6498 -19.7 -30.2 39 10.5 -21.8 321 38 318.4 318.6 289.0 320.8 0.69 13 400 7359 -26.3 -40.1 26 13.7 -28.0 322 39 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.8 0.29 14 350 8311 -32.6 -55.9 8 23.2 -34.1 334 60 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.06 15 300 9378 -40.3 -56.6 16 16.3 -41.0 329 69 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.06 16 250 10602 -46.7 -62.1 16 15.4 -47.1 320 61 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.04 17 200 12067 -51.0 -74.2 5 23.3 -51.4 294 44 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13912 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.7 286 38 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16415 -64.4 -86.5 3 22.1 -64.6 283 27 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.14 m Freezing level: 649.48 mb = 3664.95 m = 12023.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.94 mb = 2573.77 m = 8444.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.99 % Est. max temperature: 18.08 C = 64.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.58 mb = 3264.13 m = 10708.97 ft T: 2.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 821.5- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 484.28 mb = 5946.36 m = 19508.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 7.93 C Lifted Index: 8.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11313.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 581.75 mb = 4535.35 m = 14879.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.7 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 355.7 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 56.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 51.00 m/s