MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 172 1 950 609 2 900 1067 3 850 1545 SFC 830 1741 7.1 -0.1 60 7.2 3.6 190 5 295.6 296.4 285.0 309.1 4.58 5 800 2047 6.7 -1.4 56 8.1 2.8 142 8 298.3 299.1 285.8 311.2 4.31 6 750 2573 4.1 -2.1 64 6.2 1.2 230 15 301.1 301.9 286.8 314.3 4.37 7 700 3134 2.6 -6.2 52 8.9 -1.3 252 24 305.4 306.0 287.4 316.0 3.42 8 650 3731 0.9 -18.9 21 19.9 -5.7 305 20 310.0 310.3 286.9 314.4 1.31 9 600 4368 -2.6 -24.3 17 21.7 -8.8 321 32 313.2 313.3 287.5 316.2 0.89 10 550 5053 -5.9 -25.2 20 19.3 -11.2 323 38 317.1 317.3 288.8 320.2 0.90 11 500 5793 -10.5 -26.7 25 16.3 -14.6 321 43 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.3 0.86 12 450 6594 -16.3 -34.6 19 18.3 -19.8 325 47 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.3 0.45 13 400 7466 -24.0 -43.4 15 19.4 -26.3 320 50 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.21 14 350 8423 -32.5 -46.5 24 13.9 -33.7 321 54 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.5 0.17 15 300 9489 -41.2 -51.1 34 9.8 -41.8 321 69 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.12 16 250 10704 -48.8 -62.2 20 13.4 -49.2 315 67 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.04 17 200 12152 -53.3 -72.9 8 19.5 -53.7 318 74 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13976 -58.9 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 313 47 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16468 -66.0 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.1 308 31 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.78 m Freezing level: 636.54 mb = 3902.10 m = 12802.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.79 mb = 2839.68 m = 9316.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.49 % Est. max temperature: 18.10 C = 64.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.09 mb = 2648.32 m = 8688.60 ft T: 3.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 542.58 mb = 5158.57 m = 16924.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 9.58 C Lifted Index: 10.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10319.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.13 mb = 3178.14 m = 10426.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 344.0 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.1 neg: -42.6 tot: 325.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 209.36 m/s