MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 38.86,-105.00 Latitude: 38.86 Longitude: -105.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 488 2 900 955 3 850 1444 4 800 1956 5 750 2494 SFC 715 2893 9.0 -6.2 33 15.3 1.9 90 4 310.6 311.3 289.1 321.3 3.35 7 700 3062 5.2 -9.1 35 14.4 -0.9 336 1 308.3 308.8 287.8 317.0 2.74 8 650 3660 -0.1 -16.0 29 15.9 -5.7 282 10 308.8 309.2 286.9 314.3 1.69 9 600 4294 -5.1 -39.2 5 34.1 -11.5 288 20 310.2 310.2 285.7 311.0 0.21 10 550 4970 -9.9 -40.5 6 30.6 -15.1 263 21 312.3 312.4 286.4 313.1 0.20 11 500 5699 -13.4 -32.6 18 19.2 -17.2 250 34 316.7 316.8 288.2 318.5 0.50 12 450 6491 -19.7 -34.0 27 14.4 -22.1 249 48 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.2 0.48 13 400 7355 -25.6 -37.2 33 11.5 -27.3 246 61 321.7 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.39 14 350 8309 -32.2 -47.7 20 15.5 -33.4 241 70 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.15 15 300 9378 -40.4 -56.1 17 15.8 -41.1 239 70 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.7 0.06 16 250 10596 -48.2 -63.8 15 15.6 -48.6 242 66 334.5 334.5 292.9 334.6 0.03 17 200 12055 -49.8 -74.8 4 25.0 -50.3 241 55 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13906 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.4 241 50 371.7 371.7 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16425 -63.7 -87.9 2 24.1 -63.9 250 20 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.85 m Freezing level: 651.02 mb = 3647.95 m = 11968.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.55 mb = 3008.58 m = 9870.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.01 % Est. max temperature: 9.98 C = 49.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 565.32 mb = 4756.73 m = 15605.90 ft T: -8.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 456.25 mb = 6387.34 m = 20955.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.99 C = 60.79 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: 5.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9240.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 516.52 mb = 5450.58 m = 17882.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 6.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.4 neg: -39.1 tot: 47.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 197.45 m/s