MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F043.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 138 1 950 580 2 900 1040 3 850 1522 SFC 828 1741 9.2 -0.3 51 9.5 4.5 73 5 298.0 298.8 285.8 311.5 4.52 5 800 2027 9.3 -1.1 48 10.4 4.1 42 12 301.0 301.8 286.8 314.3 4.40 6 750 2559 7.2 -3.7 46 10.9 2.0 286 9 304.4 305.1 287.5 316.2 3.86 7 700 3125 5.3 -8.4 36 13.7 -0.7 252 21 308.3 308.9 287.9 317.4 2.89 8 650 3724 -0.3 -11.8 42 11.5 -4.8 269 29 308.6 309.0 287.5 316.2 2.38 9 600 4359 -3.6 -23.8 19 20.2 -9.3 311 31 312.0 312.2 287.1 315.2 0.93 10 550 5043 -6.2 -26.7 18 20.5 -11.6 322 45 316.8 316.9 288.6 319.5 0.78 11 500 5782 -10.5 -29.1 20 18.7 -14.9 320 49 320.3 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.69 12 450 6582 -17.2 -31.8 27 14.6 -20.1 325 54 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.59 13 400 7452 -23.8 -49.0 8 25.1 -26.5 326 63 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.4 0.11 14 350 8409 -32.3 -50.5 15 18.1 -33.7 321 64 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.5 0.11 15 300 9475 -41.7 -56.5 19 14.7 -42.4 318 65 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.06 16 250 10684 -49.7 -62.6 21 12.9 -50.0 316 68 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.4 0.03 17 200 12130 -52.9 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.2 311 79 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13965 -59.1 -80.8 4 21.8 -59.3 305 57 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.00 19 100 16463 -67.0 -87.5 4 20.4 -67.2 287 37 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.24 m Freezing level: 652.99 mb = 3687.96 m = 12099.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.68 mb = 2978.03 m = 9770.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.36 % Est. max temperature: 19.09 C = 66.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.35 mb = 2935.90 m = 9632.11 ft T: 5.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 534.96 mb = 5257.91 m = 17250.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 7.89 C Lifted Index: 8.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8994.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.41 mb = 3607.67 m = 11836.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.8 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 345.8 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 4.7 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.6 neg: -47.5 tot: 328.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 183.53 m/s