MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 93 1 950 537 2 900 1002 3 850 1488 SFC 825 1741 14.9 -3.8 27 18.7 5.8 135 4 304.4 305.0 287.2 315.2 3.51 5 800 1997 11.3 -6.5 28 17.8 3.2 134 3 303.2 303.7 286.1 312.2 2.92 6 750 2531 7.7 -10.0 27 17.7 0.4 311 3 304.9 305.4 286.2 312.5 2.39 7 700 3096 4.4 -10.6 33 15.0 -1.7 318 20 307.3 307.8 287.1 315.1 2.43 8 650 3693 -0.7 -13.0 39 12.3 -5.3 324 15 308.2 308.6 287.1 315.1 2.16 9 600 4327 -4.9 -15.9 42 11.0 -8.7 313 23 310.4 310.7 287.5 316.4 1.84 10 550 5005 -9.0 -26.0 24 16.9 -13.3 323 36 313.3 313.5 287.5 316.2 0.83 11 500 5735 -14.5 -35.5 15 21.0 -18.2 321 45 315.4 315.5 287.7 316.8 0.37 12 450 6522 -20.5 -43.3 11 22.9 -23.4 325 58 317.5 317.6 288.2 318.2 0.18 13 400 7384 -25.9 -47.7 11 21.9 -28.0 329 74 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.13 14 350 8336 -33.3 -48.6 20 15.4 -34.4 335 87 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.13 15 300 9400 -41.8 -50.5 38 8.7 -42.2 326 95 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.12 16 250 10613 -48.2 -63.2 16 15.0 -48.6 312 75 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.03 17 200 12085 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 313 63 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 13934 -59.6 -81.4 4 21.7 -59.8 304 54 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16421 -67.0 -84.5 7 17.5 -67.1 270 39 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.38 m Freezing level: 656.94 mb = 3610.21 m = 11844.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.20 mb = 2627.99 m = 8621.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.53 % Est. max temperature: 18.11 C = 64.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.42 mb = 4049.01 m = 13283.99 ft T: -3.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 2.99 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 511.72 mb = 5557.27 m = 18232.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.89 C = 76.81 F Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lifted Index: 6.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10634.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 590.14 mb = 4456.02 m = 14619.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.1 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 354.1 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.5 neg: -20.6 tot: 158.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 190.63 m/s