MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 104 1 950 542 2 900 1001 3 850 1480 SFC 824 1741 9.1 -2.5 44 11.5 3.6 347 2 298.3 299.0 285.3 309.9 3.87 5 800 1984 9.2 -6.8 32 16.0 2.2 192 3 301.0 301.5 285.2 309.8 2.86 6 750 2517 8.0 -11.8 23 19.8 0.1 309 9 305.3 305.7 286.0 311.8 2.06 7 700 3082 3.6 -11.3 33 14.9 -2.3 348 18 306.4 306.9 286.6 313.7 2.30 8 650 3678 -0.5 -14.0 35 13.6 -5.4 336 21 308.4 308.8 287.1 314.9 1.99 9 600 4312 -4.5 -16.3 39 11.9 -8.5 328 24 311.0 311.3 287.7 316.8 1.78 10 550 4991 -9.3 -18.6 47 9.3 -12.2 320 28 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.3 1.60 11 500 5720 -14.2 -25.4 38 11.3 -16.9 316 39 315.8 316.0 288.5 319.1 0.97 12 450 6509 -20.7 -34.9 27 14.2 -23.1 316 48 317.2 317.2 288.3 318.7 0.44 13 400 7367 -27.2 -44.8 17 17.7 -29.0 325 65 319.7 319.7 288.9 320.4 0.18 14 350 8317 -33.4 -49.7 18 16.2 -34.7 331 86 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.1 0.12 15 300 9382 -40.8 -53.8 24 12.9 -41.5 330 89 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.08 16 250 10604 -46.3 -62.2 15 16.0 -46.8 309 70 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.04 17 200 12078 -48.8 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.3 295 55 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.00 18 150 13925 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 297 54 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16414 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.9 272 37 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.01 m Freezing level: 655.66 mb = 3610.14 m = 11844.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.37 mb = 2535.22 m = 8317.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.16 % Est. max temperature: 17.75 C = 63.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 690.28 mb = 3194.00 m = 10478.89 ft T: 2.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 0.17 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.78 mb = 5708.48 m = 18728.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.56 C = 78.00 F Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lifted Index: 7.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10804.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 594.86 mb = 4379.66 m = 14368.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.8 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 352.8 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.6 neg: -5.8 tot: 78.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 137.34 m/s