MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 35.86,-106 Latitude: 35.86 Longitude: -106.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 564 2 900 1032 3 850 1521 SFC 815 1872 11.1 0.4 47 10.8 5.6 157 7 301.4 302.2 287.3 315.9 4.81 5 800 2035 14.2 -1.4 34 15.6 6.2 226 15 306.3 307.1 288.6 319.7 4.33 6 750 2577 12.5 -3.4 33 15.8 4.5 276 16 310.1 310.9 289.6 322.6 3.98 7 700 3151 8.8 -10.0 25 18.9 0.6 295 20 312.3 312.8 288.9 320.5 2.55 8 650 3759 4.9 -19.1 16 23.9 -3.6 294 25 314.5 314.7 288.3 318.8 1.30 9 600 4405 0.6 -23.3 15 23.9 -6.8 288 30 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.1 0.97 10 550 5098 -2.7 -39.4 4 36.7 -10.4 286 36 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.8 0.23 11 500 5847 -6.3 -44.3 3 38.1 -13.2 286 40 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.15 12 450 6662 -12.0 -42.4 6 30.3 -17.3 286 45 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.20 13 400 7550 -19.3 -42.3 11 23.0 -22.7 283 49 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.23 14 350 8527 -26.6 -53.9 6 27.2 -29.0 280 54 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07 15 300 9619 -35.8 -56.7 10 20.8 -37.1 279 62 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 16 250 10858 -46.2 -59.1 22 12.9 -46.6 276 70 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12301 -57.2 -64.9 37 7.7 -57.4 279 76 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 14083 -65.7 -74.7 28 8.9 -65.8 276 70 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16515 -73.0 -86.4 11 13.4 -73.1 274 40 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.66 m Freezing level: 591.20 mb = 4527.04 m = 14852.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.42 mb = 3240.48 m = 10631.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.07 % Est. max temperature: 22.85 C = 73.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.05 mb = 3244.88 m = 10645.81 ft T: 8.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.79 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.68 mb = 6297.98 m = 20662.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.23 C = 95.42 F Cap Strength: 8.22 C Lifted Index: 9.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8013.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 601.70 mb = 4382.27 m = 14377.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.9 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 314.9 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 175.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 94.41 m/s