MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F041.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F041.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 41 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 100 1 950 541 2 900 1010 3 850 1500 SFC 826 1741 16.5 -3.5 25 19.9 6.6 32 9 305.9 306.5 287.8 317.0 3.58 5 800 2013 13.4 -4.7 28 18.1 4.8 27 10 305.5 306.1 287.4 315.9 3.36 6 750 2551 8.2 -5.7 37 13.9 1.8 10 8 305.5 306.1 287.4 315.9 3.34 7 700 3115 4.2 -7.4 43 11.6 -0.9 270 10 307.1 307.7 287.7 316.9 3.13 8 650 3713 -0.6 -11.4 44 10.8 -4.8 278 16 308.2 308.7 287.5 316.1 2.45 9 600 4346 -5.1 -22.3 25 17.1 -10.1 305 34 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.8 1.07 10 550 5026 -6.8 -29.8 14 23.1 -12.3 318 53 316.1 316.2 288.1 318.1 0.58 11 500 5764 -11.0 -29.5 20 18.6 -15.3 322 57 319.7 319.8 289.3 322.0 0.66 12 450 6563 -17.3 -32.6 25 15.3 -20.3 328 59 321.5 321.7 289.8 323.5 0.55 13 400 7434 -23.9 -44.8 13 20.9 -26.4 323 65 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.18 14 350 8392 -32.2 -52.2 12 20.0 -33.6 319 67 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.09 15 300 9460 -40.8 -58.8 13 17.9 -41.6 315 67 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.05 16 250 10672 -50.7 -63.1 22 12.4 -51.0 310 74 330.8 330.8 291.9 330.9 0.03 17 200 12109 -52.6 -70.6 10 18.1 -52.9 307 87 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13950 -59.1 -84.2 3 25.0 -59.4 300 60 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16451 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 280 35 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.30 m Freezing level: 656.68 mb = 3632.71 m = 11918.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.66 mb = 2922.69 m = 9588.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.75 % Est. max temperature: 18.14 C = 64.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 611.34 mb = 4197.46 m = 13771.04 ft T: -4.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 1.10 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 502.73 mb = 5722.13 m = 18773.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lifted Index: 7.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8814.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.54 mb = 4272.89 m = 14018.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.4 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 350.4 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 2.9 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 354.1 neg: -2.2 tot: 351.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 169.29 m/s