MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 157 1 950 598 2 900 1057 3 850 1535 SFC 829 1741 7.8 -0.1 57 7.9 3.9 136 4 296.4 297.2 285.3 310.0 4.59 5 800 2038 7.9 -1.1 53 9.0 3.5 64 10 299.5 300.3 286.3 312.7 4.40 6 750 2568 5.9 -2.7 54 8.6 1.8 249 10 302.9 303.7 287.3 315.7 4.17 7 700 3132 4.2 -6.9 44 11.1 -0.7 249 26 307.1 307.7 287.8 317.3 3.24 8 650 3729 -0.2 -14.7 33 14.5 -5.4 275 27 308.7 309.1 287.0 314.8 1.88 9 600 4365 -3.5 -23.8 19 20.3 -9.2 317 30 312.1 312.3 287.2 315.3 0.93 10 550 5049 -6.2 -25.5 20 19.3 -11.4 324 42 316.8 316.9 288.7 319.8 0.87 11 500 5788 -10.7 -28.3 22 17.6 -14.9 320 49 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.7 0.74 12 450 6588 -17.0 -32.3 25 15.3 -20.0 326 53 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.57 13 400 7460 -23.8 -42.5 16 18.7 -26.2 322 57 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.8 0.22 14 350 8416 -32.3 -50.3 15 18.0 -33.7 321 56 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.11 15 300 9481 -42.0 -54.4 25 12.4 -42.5 322 60 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.08 16 250 10692 -49.6 -60.6 27 11.0 -50.0 315 74 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.04 17 200 12137 -52.7 -72.3 8 19.7 -53.0 313 81 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13972 -60.1 -80.5 5 20.4 -60.3 307 54 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16465 -66.7 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.9 295 39 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.40 m Freezing level: 652.41 mb = 3700.22 m = 12139.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.72 mb = 2961.46 m = 9715.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.42 % Est. max temperature: 18.58 C = 65.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.98 mb = 2732.96 m = 8966.31 ft T: 5.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 543.95 mb = 5134.91 m = 16846.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Cap Strength: 8.50 C Lifted Index: 9.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.62 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9303.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.29 mb = 3373.67 m = 11068.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.7 neg: -73.4 tot: 293.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 200.61 m/s