MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 190 1 950 625 2 900 1080 3 850 1555 SFC 831 1741 4.7 -0.5 69 5.3 2.2 194 6 293.0 293.8 283.8 306.0 4.43 5 800 2053 5.3 -1.6 61 6.9 2.1 183 17 296.8 297.6 285.1 309.5 4.26 6 750 2577 2.7 -3.0 66 5.7 0.1 230 21 299.5 300.3 286.0 311.9 4.10 7 700 3137 4.7 -14.7 23 19.4 -2.6 287 11 307.6 308.0 286.5 313.3 1.74 8 650 3737 1.9 -22.0 15 23.9 -5.6 316 17 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.5 1.01 9 600 4378 -1.8 -23.0 18 21.2 -8.2 316 26 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.4 1.00 10 550 5064 -5.2 -22.6 24 17.4 -10.4 315 35 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.9 1.13 11 500 5806 -9.8 -27.5 22 17.7 -14.3 305 39 321.0 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.80 12 450 6608 -16.1 -33.9 20 17.8 -19.6 302 43 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.7 0.48 13 400 7481 -23.6 -38.6 24 14.9 -25.8 315 45 324.3 324.3 290.4 325.5 0.34 14 350 8441 -31.5 -49.7 15 18.2 -32.9 320 50 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.12 15 300 9512 -40.0 -60.1 10 20.1 -40.8 320 51 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 16 250 10732 -48.8 -61.8 21 13.0 -49.2 321 52 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.04 17 200 12172 -55.0 -63.7 33 8.7 -55.2 315 71 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 13982 -60.8 -79.1 7 18.4 -60.9 313 53 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16463 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 303 30 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.39 m Freezing level: 624.85 mb = 4059.23 m = 13317.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.51 mb = 2593.54 m = 8508.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.29 % Est. max temperature: 19.83 C = 67.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.13 mb = 2404.41 m = 7888.38 ft T: 3.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 831.0-7490422784.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.97 mb = 5471.16 m = 17949.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.02 C = 86.03 F Cap Strength: 11.67 C Lifted Index: 12.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11336.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.84 mb = 3092.98 m = 10147.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.8 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 332.8 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.1 neg: -19.5 tot: 200.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 187.03 m/s