MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F056.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F056.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 56 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 163 1 950 608 2 900 1059 3 850 1530 SFC 828 1741 2.5 -0.4 81 2.9 1.1 6 4 290.9 291.7 283.0 303.9 4.48 5 800 2024 5.0 -2.3 59 7.3 1.7 81 1 296.5 297.3 284.8 308.5 4.04 6 750 2559 11.1 -15.4 14 26.5 0.9 281 3 308.7 309.0 286.6 313.7 1.54 7 700 3132 9.8 -21.6 9 31.4 -1.0 295 8 313.3 313.5 287.6 316.6 0.97 8 650 3742 6.3 -22.0 11 28.3 -3.3 303 16 316.1 316.2 288.6 319.5 1.01 9 600 4391 1.0 -18.9 21 20.0 -5.9 305 21 317.3 317.6 289.4 322.2 1.43 10 550 5082 -4.8 -20.2 29 15.4 -9.8 305 25 318.3 318.6 289.7 323.1 1.40 11 500 5823 -10.3 -27.4 23 17.2 -14.6 304 32 320.5 320.7 289.8 323.4 0.81 12 450 6625 -15.7 -32.1 23 16.4 -19.0 300 38 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.58 13 400 7501 -22.5 -34.6 32 12.1 -24.5 300 42 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.7 0.51 14 350 8465 -30.6 -41.3 34 10.7 -31.8 296 43 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.29 15 300 9541 -38.9 -47.0 42 8.2 -39.5 298 47 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.18 16 250 10769 -46.9 -58.4 26 11.5 -47.3 299 47 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.06 17 200 12217 -54.8 -66.5 22 11.7 -55.1 303 44 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14016 -63.4 -77.3 14 13.9 -63.6 296 39 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16474 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 286 28 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.60 m Freezing level: 591.10 mb = 4514.25 m = 14810.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.76 mb = 2820.17 m = 9252.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.27 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.50 mb = 2112.82 m = 6931.75 ft T: 6.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 828.3- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 468.75 mb = 6314.36 m = 20716.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 13.12 C Lifted Index: 11.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10814.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 618.08 mb = 4150.56 m = 13617.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.8 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 331.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.9 neg: -2.1 tot: 67.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 66.88 m/s