MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-101.95 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -101.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 556 2 900 1016 SFC 893 1082 16.8 0.8 34 16.0 8.5 217 12 299.5 300.3 286.4 313.1 4.55 4 850 1497 12.0 -3.1 35 15.1 4.8 226 20 298.7 299.3 285.1 309.5 3.57 5 800 2006 12.4 -11.5 18 23.9 2.5 226 16 304.4 304.7 285.5 310.6 1.98 6 750 2542 8.5 -13.3 20 21.8 0.0 300 24 305.8 306.1 285.9 311.7 1.83 7 700 3107 4.4 -11.1 31 15.5 -1.9 301 33 307.3 307.8 287.0 314.7 2.33 8 650 3707 2.5 -17.9 21 20.4 -4.6 285 35 311.8 312.1 287.6 316.6 1.44 9 600 4351 -0.1 -20.9 19 20.8 -6.9 290 32 316.0 316.2 288.8 320.0 1.20 10 550 5041 -5.2 -19.8 31 14.6 -9.9 292 30 317.9 318.2 289.6 322.8 1.44 11 500 5780 -10.5 -24.6 30 14.1 -14.3 294 30 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.04 12 450 6582 -15.8 -30.5 27 14.6 -19.0 300 37 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.7 0.67 13 400 7457 -23.0 -33.2 39 10.2 -24.8 298 42 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.1 0.58 14 350 8419 -30.8 -40.1 40 9.2 -31.9 298 43 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.33 15 300 9494 -39.0 -49.4 33 10.4 -39.7 295 46 330.3 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.14 16 250 10721 -47.5 -59.4 24 11.8 -47.9 302 62 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 17 200 12164 -55.7 -65.2 29 9.6 -55.8 295 64 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13961 -63.0 -78.2 11 15.2 -63.1 297 51 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16449 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.1 -65.6 263 29 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.99 m Freezing level: 602.58 mb = 4317.61 m = 14165.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.47 mb = 2547.96 m = 8359.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.59 % Est. max temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.12 mb = 3082.35 m = 10112.59 ft T: 4.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 3.65 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 490.53 mb = 5926.00 m = 19442.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.44 C = 99.40 F Cap Strength: 11.56 C Lifted Index: 11.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.96 C Showalter Index: 12.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 7.39 C K Index: 3.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 210.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11229.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.55 mb = 3787.36 m = 12425.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.4 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 318.4 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.5 neg: -47.2 tot: 116.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 96.32 m/s