MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F055.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F055.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 55 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 168 1 950 612 2 900 1063 3 850 1533 SFC 829 1740 0.7 -1.5 85 2.2 -0.3 14 5 289.0 289.7 281.7 300.9 4.15 5 800 2027 4.9 -1.9 61 6.9 1.7 152 3 296.4 297.2 284.8 308.7 4.14 6 750 2560 10.5 -15.0 15 25.5 0.7 301 4 308.0 308.3 286.5 313.2 1.59 7 700 3132 9.5 -20.7 10 30.1 -1.1 298 8 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.5 1.05 8 650 3742 6.2 -23.1 10 29.3 -3.4 302 16 315.9 316.1 288.4 319.1 0.91 9 600 4391 1.0 -20.0 19 21.1 -6.1 302 21 317.3 317.6 289.3 321.7 1.30 10 550 5082 -4.9 -18.8 33 13.9 -9.5 301 26 318.2 318.5 289.8 323.5 1.57 11 500 5822 -10.6 -25.5 28 14.9 -14.5 300 30 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.5 0.96 12 450 6624 -15.7 -31.7 24 16.0 -19.0 301 35 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.7 0.60 13 400 7500 -22.3 -39.3 20 17.0 -24.8 301 40 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.32 14 350 8464 -30.3 -42.9 28 12.6 -31.6 301 42 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.25 15 300 9541 -39.0 -46.6 44 7.6 -39.5 302 45 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.19 16 250 10768 -47.0 -59.2 24 12.1 -47.4 303 48 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 17 200 12216 -55.2 -66.6 23 11.3 -55.5 305 47 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14012 -63.7 -77.1 14 13.4 -63.8 297 44 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16470 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 292 22 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.24 m Freezing level: 591.25 mb = 4511.59 m = 14801.62 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.66 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.03 mb = 2016.75 m = 6616.56 ft T: 4.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 472.17 mb = 6257.94 m = 20531.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F Cap Strength: 13.53 C Lifted Index: 11.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 81.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11289.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 625.26 mb = 4056.37 m = 13308.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.8 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 330.8 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: -3.1 tot: 85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 90.13 m/s