MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 78 1 950 524 2 900 993 3 850 1483 SFC 825 1742 17.9 -3.9 22 21.8 7.1 5 1 307.5 308.2 288.2 318.4 3.46 5 800 1997 13.7 -5.5 26 19.2 4.6 7 2 305.7 306.3 287.3 315.6 3.17 6 750 2534 8.3 -6.3 35 14.6 1.7 359 5 305.6 306.1 287.2 315.5 3.18 7 700 3098 3.5 -7.7 44 11.1 -1.3 336 16 306.3 306.9 287.4 315.9 3.07 8 650 3695 -0.6 -15.3 32 14.7 -5.8 321 34 308.2 308.6 286.8 314.0 1.78 9 600 4329 -4.0 -28.4 13 24.4 -10.1 322 40 311.5 311.7 286.6 313.7 0.61 10 550 5010 -8.3 -33.5 11 25.2 -13.6 325 46 314.3 314.4 287.3 315.7 0.41 11 500 5742 -12.9 -37.2 11 24.4 -17.2 327 55 317.4 317.4 288.2 318.5 0.31 12 450 6537 -18.1 -43.3 9 25.2 -21.6 329 67 320.4 320.5 289.1 321.1 0.18 13 400 7404 -24.7 -48.6 9 23.9 -27.1 337 81 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.12 14 350 8360 -32.5 -55.8 8 23.3 -34.0 333 85 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.1 0.06 15 300 9423 -42.4 -53.8 28 11.4 -42.9 333 73 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.08 16 250 10632 -49.6 -62.9 20 13.3 -49.9 308 74 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.03 17 200 12091 -49.0 -76.0 3 27.0 -49.5 306 76 355.3 355.3 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 13932 -60.0 -85.0 2 25.0 -60.2 303 58 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16423 -66.3 -88.2 3 21.9 -66.4 271 44 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.11 m Freezing level: 657.72 mb = 3602.47 m = 11819.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.22 mb = 2842.88 m = 9326.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.22 % Est. max temperature: 17.65 C = 63.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 593.32 mb = 4416.94 m = 14491.10 ft T: -4.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 2.91 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 520.70 mb = 5430.05 m = 17814.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.70 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8728.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 597.21 mb = 4365.80 m = 14323.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.5 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 359.5 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.7 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.5 neg: -1.6 tot: 182.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 225.54 m/s