MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 9 1 950 451 2 900 925 3 850 1420 SFC 819 1741 19.7 -4.7 19 24.4 7.6 209 11 310.1 310.7 288.9 320.5 3.30 5 800 1939 16.8 -6.3 20 23.1 5.8 215 14 309.1 309.6 288.2 318.5 2.97 6 750 2483 11.5 -7.4 26 18.9 2.8 225 15 309.0 309.6 288.2 318.3 2.91 7 700 3053 6.0 -8.8 34 14.7 -0.4 250 15 309.1 309.6 288.1 318.1 2.82 8 650 3653 0.5 -10.7 43 11.2 -4.0 282 14 309.5 310.0 288.0 317.8 2.60 9 600 4288 -5.4 -13.1 55 7.6 -8.2 296 14 309.8 310.3 287.9 317.3 2.33 10 550 4963 -10.6 -29.3 20 18.8 -14.7 288 24 311.5 311.6 286.6 313.6 0.61 11 500 5689 -15.3 -35.1 17 19.8 -18.8 262 30 314.4 314.5 287.3 315.8 0.39 12 450 6476 -20.8 -32.4 35 11.6 -22.8 247 41 317.1 317.3 288.5 319.1 0.56 13 400 7336 -26.6 -39.3 29 12.7 -28.2 244 57 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.6 0.32 14 350 8287 -33.4 -45.7 28 12.3 -34.4 241 72 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.18 15 300 9352 -40.7 -60.0 11 19.3 -41.5 245 75 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.04 16 250 10574 -46.3 -67.1 8 20.7 -46.9 246 60 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.2 0.02 17 200 12045 -49.9 -76.8 3 27.0 -50.4 253 46 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 13897 -56.5 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.8 252 47 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16416 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 257 24 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.35 m Freezing level: 645.99 mb = 3703.89 m = 12151.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.06 mb = 2981.68 m = 9782.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.86 % Est. max temperature: 19.02 C = 66.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 567.43 mb = 4721.10 m = 15488.99 ft T: -8.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 6.91 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.62 mb = 5094.23 m = 16713.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.57 C = 70.82 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8746.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 562.20 mb = 4792.99 m = 15724.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -22.0 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 48.71 m/s