MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 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 122 1 950 571 2 900 1032 3 850 1515 SFC 827 1741 11.0 1.4 52 9.6 6.1 49 10 300.0 300.9 287.2 315.4 5.14 5 800 2020 8.8 0.3 55 8.5 4.5 44 16 300.5 301.4 287.1 315.2 4.88 6 750 2553 7.5 -4.8 41 12.3 1.8 322 7 304.7 305.4 287.3 315.8 3.57 7 700 3118 4.7 -7.4 41 12.1 -0.6 256 15 307.7 308.3 287.9 317.6 3.13 8 650 3716 -0.7 -8.7 55 8.0 -4.1 270 24 308.1 308.7 288.0 317.7 3.04 9 600 4351 -3.5 -24.5 18 20.9 -9.4 310 35 312.0 312.2 287.1 315.0 0.88 10 550 5035 -5.9 -28.4 15 22.5 -11.6 322 51 317.0 317.2 288.5 319.4 0.67 11 500 5774 -10.8 -29.5 20 18.6 -15.2 324 54 319.8 319.9 289.4 322.2 0.67 12 450 6572 -17.5 -31.3 29 13.8 -20.3 328 57 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.4 0.62 13 400 7442 -23.7 -48.9 8 25.1 -26.3 324 61 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.11 14 350 8400 -32.2 -49.1 17 16.9 -33.6 322 66 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.12 15 300 9467 -41.1 -58.4 14 17.3 -41.9 310 63 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.05 16 250 10680 -50.4 -61.0 28 10.6 -50.7 317 68 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.04 17 200 12118 -53.7 -73.1 8 19.5 -53.9 310 86 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13954 -58.3 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 299 61 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16456 -68.0 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.1 277 32 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.86 m Freezing level: 656.77 mb = 3635.09 m = 11926.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.69 mb = 2971.08 m = 9747.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.33 % Est. max temperature: 18.52 C = 65.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.43 mb = 2939.66 m = 9644.43 ft T: 5.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 0.16 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.62 mb = 5167.95 m = 16954.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 7.69 C Lifted Index: 8.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9564.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.75 mb = 3571.45 m = 11717.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.0 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 350.0 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 4.4 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 424.0 neg: -38.2 tot: 385.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 195.83 m/s