MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 97 1 950 530 2 900 987 3 850 1466 SFC 822 1740 4.5 -5.0 50 9.5 0.5 21 4 293.6 294.2 282.7 303.2 3.21 5 800 1969 9.6 -7.6 29 17.2 2.1 235 3 301.3 301.8 285.2 309.6 2.69 6 750 2503 9.2 -11.4 22 20.6 0.8 337 20 306.6 307.0 286.5 313.4 2.14 7 700 3069 4.3 -13.6 26 17.9 -2.5 339 16 307.2 307.6 286.5 313.4 1.91 8 650 3666 0.1 -15.9 29 16.0 -5.5 329 20 309.0 309.3 286.9 314.5 1.70 9 600 4301 -4.2 -20.4 27 16.2 -9.1 319 23 311.3 311.6 287.2 315.5 1.26 10 550 4982 -8.2 -22.1 32 13.8 -12.2 314 29 314.3 314.5 288.2 318.3 1.19 11 500 5713 -13.6 -24.1 41 10.4 -16.3 312 35 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.1 1.09 12 450 6504 -20.0 -30.6 38 10.7 -22.0 315 40 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.5 0.66 13 400 7365 -26.9 -42.7 21 15.7 -28.7 326 48 320.0 320.0 289.0 320.8 0.22 14 350 8315 -32.9 -51.5 14 18.6 -34.3 335 76 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.09 15 300 9382 -40.0 -57.5 14 17.4 -40.8 330 79 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.05 16 250 10606 -47.0 -62.4 16 15.4 -47.4 315 62 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.03 17 200 12070 -51.0 -75.6 4 24.7 -51.4 298 50 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13916 -57.6 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 292 43 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16415 -65.6 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 278 28 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.11 m Freezing level: 649.40 mb = 3673.76 m = 12052.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.09 mb = 2634.14 m = 8642.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.53 % Est. max temperature: 18.28 C = 64.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.02 mb = 2952.06 m = 9685.12 ft T: 5.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 0.05 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 488.09 mb = 5894.41 m = 19338.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lifted Index: 8.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10877.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 584.92 mb = 4500.33 m = 14764.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.4 neg: -5.2 tot: 121.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 82.10 m/s