MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 17 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 33 1 950 475 2 900 944 3 850 1434 SFC 820 1742 17.3 0.3 32 17.0 8.2 174 11 307.4 308.3 289.4 322.1 4.75 5 800 1947 13.3 -0.8 38 14.1 6.0 177 12 305.3 306.1 288.5 319.1 4.50 6 750 2484 7.9 -2.0 50 9.9 3.0 188 12 305.1 306.0 288.3 318.7 4.40 7 700 3047 3.2 -5.5 53 8.7 -0.7 240 11 306.0 306.7 287.8 317.2 3.61 8 650 3644 -1.1 -8.4 57 7.4 -4.1 294 13 307.8 308.4 287.9 317.6 3.11 9 600 4278 -4.3 -30.3 11 26.1 -10.5 292 20 311.2 311.3 286.4 313.0 0.51 10 550 4957 -8.6 -37.1 8 28.4 -14.0 260 25 313.8 313.9 287.1 314.9 0.29 11 500 5689 -13.1 -30.9 21 17.8 -16.9 240 37 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.2 0.58 12 450 6482 -19.2 -33.2 28 13.9 -21.8 241 45 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.9 0.52 13 400 7345 -26.0 -39.3 27 13.3 -27.7 238 60 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.4 0.32 14 350 8298 -32.2 -46.9 22 14.6 -33.5 236 70 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.16 15 300 9367 -40.7 -51.3 31 10.7 -41.2 240 74 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.5 0.11 16 250 10586 -47.1 -63.0 15 15.9 -47.6 239 68 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 17 200 12056 -49.0 -74.3 4 25.3 -49.5 240 51 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 13913 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.8 248 53 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16433 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 242 21 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.40 m Freezing level: 662.42 mb = 3495.69 m = 11468.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.89 mb = 2932.89 m = 9622.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.76 % Est. max temperature: 16.95 C = 62.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 634.74 mb = 3831.99 m = 12572.00 ft T: -2.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 4.86 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.50 mb = 4442.25 m = 14574.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.45 C = 70.62 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9113.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.70 mb = 3757.87 m = 12328.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -47.8 tot: -25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 96.10 m/s