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: 40.35,-107.74 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -107.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 563 2 900 1022 3 850 1502 SFC 802 1985 10.4 0.1 49 10.3 5.1 241 8 302.1 302.9 287.6 316.6 4.80 5 800 2005 8.2 0.0 56 8.2 4.1 239 8 299.9 300.8 286.8 314.3 4.79 6 750 2533 2.7 -1.0 76 3.7 0.9 241 10 299.5 300.4 286.6 313.7 4.73 7 700 3086 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 247 14 299.7 300.5 286.4 312.9 4.41 8 650 3669 -6.3 -6.8 97 0.5 -6.5 268 15 301.8 302.4 286.2 312.6 3.53 9 600 4293 -8.1 -19.3 40 11.2 -11.4 281 14 306.7 307.0 285.8 311.2 1.39 10 550 4964 -11.0 -30.2 19 19.2 -15.1 293 13 311.1 311.2 286.4 313.0 0.57 11 500 5690 -15.5 -35.5 16 20.0 -19.0 313 12 314.2 314.2 287.2 315.5 0.37 12 450 6475 -21.7 -32.3 38 10.7 -23.5 317 11 316.0 316.1 288.1 318.0 0.56 13 400 7332 -26.9 -31.2 67 4.4 -27.6 17 23 320.0 320.2 289.5 322.5 0.70 14 350 8282 -33.5 -40.5 49 7.0 -34.3 15 35 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.32 15 300 9343 -42.5 -51.0 39 8.6 -42.9 15 44 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.12 16 250 10556 -47.3 -63.7 14 16.4 -47.7 8 38 335.7 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 17 200 12022 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.8 304 21 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.00 18 150 13875 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 261 23 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16411 -61.9 -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: 5559.39 m Freezing level: 724.25 mb = 2817.63 m = 9244.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.63 mb = 2666.14 m = 8747.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.79 % Est. max temperature: 10.10 C = 50.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.02 mb = 3256.16 m = 10682.81 ft T: -3.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 5.33 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.39 mb = 3035.61 m = 9959.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.18 C = 46.73 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.16 mb = 3038.26 m = 9967.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.16 mb = 3095.20 m = 10154.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 639.16 mb = 3800.22 m = 12467.77 ft B at Equ Level: 7.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 619.16 mb = 4047.74 m = 13279.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.0 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 342.0 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -2.0 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 28.50 m/s