MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1 950 533 2 900 1000 3 850 1488 SFC 825 1741 16.5 -4.2 24 20.7 6.4 108 3 306.0 306.7 287.6 316.6 3.40 5 800 2000 12.3 -5.7 28 18.0 3.9 96 3 304.2 304.8 286.7 313.9 3.11 6 750 2535 7.4 -8.8 30 16.3 0.5 21 3 304.6 305.1 286.3 312.8 2.61 7 700 3097 3.3 -8.4 42 11.7 -1.7 324 21 306.1 306.6 287.1 315.1 2.89 8 650 3694 0.1 -17.2 26 17.3 -5.8 326 33 309.0 309.3 286.8 314.0 1.52 9 600 4330 -4.0 -25.0 18 20.9 -9.8 323 35 311.5 311.6 286.8 314.3 0.84 10 550 5010 -8.5 -33.0 12 24.4 -13.7 322 40 313.9 314.0 287.2 315.5 0.43 11 500 5740 -14.3 -36.7 13 22.4 -18.3 325 47 315.6 315.6 287.6 316.7 0.33 12 450 6530 -19.2 -40.9 13 21.6 -22.3 329 64 319.0 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.24 13 400 7394 -25.5 -46.7 12 21.2 -27.8 333 78 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.14 14 350 8347 -33.2 -47.3 23 14.2 -34.3 336 95 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.15 15 300 9410 -42.0 -52.2 32 10.2 -42.5 331 81 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.10 16 250 10623 -49.0 -63.6 17 14.6 -49.3 308 82 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 17 200 12083 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.4 302 73 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.00 18 150 13936 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.6 309 56 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16424 -66.6 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 271 41 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.07 m Freezing level: 649.14 mb = 3705.32 m = 12156.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.71 mb = 2669.57 m = 8758.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.82 % Est. max temperature: 17.92 C = 64.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 603.34 mb = 4285.65 m = 14060.37 ft T: -3.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 3.81 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 518.26 mb = 5465.11 m = 17929.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.90 F Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lifted Index: 5.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9714.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 595.11 mb = 4393.64 m = 14414.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.3 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 358.3 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.4 neg: -7.0 tot: 139.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 235.46 m/s