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: 40.27,-107.83 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -107.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 562 2 900 1021 3 850 1501 4 800 2005 SFC 786 2155 9.5 -0.6 49 10.1 4.4 234 7 302.8 303.7 287.8 317.0 4.66 6 750 2533 3.2 -1.5 71 4.7 1.0 237 8 300.1 300.9 286.6 313.8 4.57 7 700 3087 -2.2 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 242 11 300.1 300.9 286.6 313.7 4.54 8 650 3671 -6.0 -9.2 78 3.2 -7.2 271 15 302.2 302.7 285.8 311.2 2.93 9 600 4294 -8.2 -18.8 42 10.6 -11.3 282 13 306.6 306.9 285.8 311.3 1.44 10 550 4966 -11.1 -29.7 20 18.6 -15.2 291 12 310.9 311.0 286.4 312.9 0.59 11 500 5691 -15.5 -36.7 15 21.1 -19.1 313 11 314.1 314.1 287.2 315.3 0.33 12 450 6476 -21.7 -33.5 34 11.8 -23.7 314 11 316.0 316.1 288.0 317.7 0.50 13 400 7332 -27.0 -32.0 63 5.0 -27.8 16 22 319.8 320.0 289.4 322.2 0.65 14 350 8282 -33.5 -40.8 48 7.3 -34.3 15 36 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.31 15 300 9344 -42.4 -51.1 38 8.7 -42.9 15 45 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.12 16 250 10556 -47.3 -64.1 13 16.9 -47.7 9 38 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 17 200 12023 -50.4 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.8 303 21 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.00 18 150 13876 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 262 23 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16412 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 260 16 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.52 m Freezing level: 720.08 mb = 2864.21 m = 9396.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.41 mb = 2690.48 m = 8826.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.71 % Est. max temperature: 10.04 C = 50.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.50 mb = 3390.77 m = 11124.43 ft T: -4.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 5.71 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.77 mb = 3168.43 m = 10394.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.20 C = 44.96 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 4.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.66 mb = 3192.56 m = 10474.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.66 mb = 3249.81 m = 10661.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 635.66 mb = 3844.59 m = 12613.32 ft B at Equ Level: 13.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 605.66 mb = 4221.38 m = 13849.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.5 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 349.5 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 56.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 33.70 m/s