MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 1 950 540 2 900 1002 3 850 1484 SFC 824 1741 12.7 -4.0 31 16.8 4.8 181 2 302.1 302.8 286.3 312.7 3.44 5 800 1991 10.5 -7.4 28 17.9 2.7 196 3 302.3 302.8 285.6 310.8 2.75 6 750 2525 7.6 -10.6 26 18.2 0.2 280 7 304.9 305.3 286.1 312.0 2.27 7 700 3088 3.9 -11.3 32 15.2 -2.2 353 22 306.7 307.2 286.8 314.0 2.30 8 650 3685 -0.6 -12.0 42 11.4 -5.0 344 24 308.2 308.7 287.3 315.7 2.34 9 600 4319 -4.6 -14.5 46 9.9 -8.2 329 28 310.7 311.1 287.9 317.4 2.06 10 550 4998 -8.9 -20.5 39 11.5 -12.3 321 33 313.5 313.7 288.1 318.0 1.37 11 500 5729 -14.1 -30.7 23 16.6 -17.5 317 42 315.9 316.0 288.1 318.0 0.59 12 450 6517 -20.8 -40.2 16 19.3 -23.5 320 51 317.0 317.1 288.1 318.0 0.26 13 400 7376 -26.2 -48.8 10 22.6 -28.4 328 74 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.3 0.11 14 350 8327 -33.3 -50.1 17 16.8 -34.6 330 86 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.11 15 300 9390 -41.2 -52.6 28 11.5 -41.8 326 81 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.10 16 250 10609 -47.1 -64.5 12 17.5 -47.6 315 70 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 12084 -48.1 -78.2 2 30.1 -48.7 310 53 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.00 18 150 13929 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 306 56 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16418 -67.1 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.2 268 39 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.35 m Freezing level: 657.15 mb = 3599.75 m = 11810.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.93 mb = 2569.32 m = 8429.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.00 % Est. max temperature: 17.83 C = 64.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.47 mb = 3826.96 m = 12555.48 ft T: -1.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 1.82 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.00 mb = 5728.75 m = 18794.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lifted Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9919.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 589.17 mb = 4461.60 m = 14637.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.6 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 355.6 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.3 neg: -3.8 tot: 109.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 182.95 m/s