MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 182 1 950 618 2 900 1071 3 850 1546 SFC 830 1740 3.5 -0.9 73 4.4 1.5 173 5 291.8 292.5 283.1 304.3 4.32 5 800 2043 5.1 -1.9 60 7.0 1.8 196 22 296.6 297.4 284.9 309.0 4.16 6 750 2568 5.5 -6.6 41 12.1 0.3 244 17 302.6 303.1 286.1 312.2 3.11 7 700 3133 5.3 -17.7 17 23.1 -2.7 281 8 308.4 308.6 286.4 312.8 1.36 8 650 3735 3.3 -23.5 12 26.7 -5.0 302 13 312.7 312.8 287.3 315.7 0.89 9 600 4379 -0.3 -23.9 15 23.5 -7.4 305 23 315.7 315.9 288.4 318.9 0.93 10 550 5068 -4.7 -23.6 21 19.0 -10.2 305 31 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.1 1.03 11 500 5810 -9.9 -28.7 20 18.7 -14.5 299 35 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.72 12 450 6612 -16.0 -31.2 26 15.1 -19.2 300 40 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.3 0.63 13 400 7487 -22.9 -44.4 12 21.5 -25.5 312 38 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.18 14 350 8449 -31.0 -46.1 21 15.2 -32.4 312 42 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.17 15 300 9523 -39.6 -54.9 18 15.4 -40.4 311 49 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 16 250 10745 -48.1 -57.3 34 9.2 -48.4 314 59 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12191 -55.0 -68.5 17 13.5 -55.2 310 60 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13995 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.4 310 52 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16464 -67.0 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.1 312 36 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.94 m Freezing level: 604.65 mb = 4318.97 m = 14169.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.75 mb = 2614.55 m = 8577.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.53 % Est. max temperature: 20.82 C = 69.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.87 mb = 2292.06 m = 7519.78 ft T: 5.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 830.0--1683439933030020205612275597312.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.59 mb = 5801.15 m = 19032.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Cap Strength: 12.32 C Lifted Index: 12.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11357.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.67 mb = 3432.24 m = 11260.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.4 neg: -31.4 tot: 191.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 144.75 m/s