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,-107.89 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -107.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 564 2 900 1023 3 850 1503 SFC 806 1943 10.7 0.3 49 10.4 5.4 240 9 301.9 302.8 287.6 316.6 4.86 5 800 2006 8.0 0.1 57 7.9 4.0 240 10 299.7 300.6 286.8 314.1 4.80 6 750 2533 2.4 -1.0 78 3.4 0.8 241 12 299.2 300.1 286.5 313.4 4.75 7 700 3085 -2.4 -4.3 87 1.9 -3.3 249 16 299.8 300.5 285.9 311.7 3.96 8 650 3670 -6.0 -7.6 88 1.6 -6.7 275 14 302.2 302.8 286.2 312.4 3.32 9 600 4293 -8.0 -19.7 38 11.7 -11.5 285 14 306.8 307.1 285.7 311.1 1.33 10 550 4965 -11.0 -31.2 17 20.2 -15.2 298 12 311.0 311.1 286.3 312.8 0.51 11 500 5691 -15.5 -33.9 19 18.4 -18.8 317 11 314.1 314.2 287.3 315.7 0.44 12 450 6476 -21.5 -31.4 41 9.9 -23.3 322 11 316.1 316.3 288.2 318.3 0.62 13 400 7333 -26.7 -31.0 67 4.2 -27.5 21 24 320.3 320.4 289.6 322.8 0.72 14 350 8283 -33.5 -40.8 48 7.2 -34.3 16 36 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.31 15 300 9345 -42.4 -50.9 39 8.5 -42.8 15 45 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.1 0.12 16 250 10557 -47.5 -63.2 15 15.7 -48.0 9 41 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 17 200 12023 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -50.9 311 20 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.00 18 150 13875 -56.1 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 263 22 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16412 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 262 16 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5559.34 m Freezing level: 725.02 mb = 2808.81 m = 9215.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.34 mb = 2636.65 m = 8650.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.81 % Est. max temperature: 10.67 C = 51.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.86 mb = 3223.22 m = 10574.75 ft T: -3.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 4.88 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.07 mb = 3073.01 m = 10081.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.71 C = 47.68 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10060.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.42 mb = 3046.20 m = 9993.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.0 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 344.0 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): 36.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 50.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 31.88 m/s