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: 40.27,-104.08 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -104.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 503 2 900 966 SFC 858 1372 8.5 -3.7 42 12.2 3.0 253 6 294.3 294.9 283.1 304.3 3.38 4 850 1450 14.2 -4.2 28 18.5 5.5 276 9 301.1 301.7 285.7 311.1 3.29 5 800 1967 16.7 -5.7 21 22.4 5.9 277 12 308.9 309.5 288.3 318.8 3.11 6 750 2511 11.8 -7.2 26 19.0 3.1 280 19 309.4 310.0 288.3 318.9 2.97 7 700 3081 6.6 -8.6 33 15.2 -0.1 266 17 309.8 310.3 288.3 318.8 2.84 8 650 3684 1.9 -8.9 44 10.8 -2.7 295 45 311.1 311.7 288.9 320.7 2.99 9 600 4324 -1.9 -11.2 49 9.3 -5.7 291 52 313.9 314.4 289.6 322.7 2.70 10 550 5011 -5.4 -19.1 33 13.7 -9.9 285 54 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.9 1.53 11 500 5753 -9.5 -28.6 19 19.1 -14.2 274 54 321.5 321.6 290.0 324.1 0.72 12 450 6558 -14.8 -38.2 12 23.4 -18.9 264 54 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.9 0.32 13 400 7436 -22.5 -40.2 18 17.7 -25.0 261 59 325.8 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.29 14 350 8399 -30.8 -44.3 26 13.4 -32.2 268 64 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.21 15 300 9471 -40.5 -50.9 32 10.4 -41.1 270 67 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.12 16 250 10685 -49.6 -57.6 38 8.0 -49.8 274 85 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.06 17 200 12117 -58.0 -69.8 21 11.7 -58.2 278 92 340.9 340.9 294.6 340.9 0.02 18 150 13903 -64.0 -78.4 12 14.5 -64.1 272 87 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16393 -62.2 -88.0 2 25.7 -62.4 312 12 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.30 m Freezing level: 625.01 mb = 4003.93 m = 13136.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.54 mb = 3063.30 m = 10050.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.32 % Est. max temperature: 23.28 C = 73.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.84 mb = 2954.36 m = 9692.65 ft T: 7.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 0.05 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 472.17 mb = 6190.49 m = 20309.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.21 C = 97.18 F Cap Strength: 7.99 C Lifted Index: 9.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: 12.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 5.25 C K Index: 4.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9172.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 591.96 mb = 4430.88 m = 14536.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.6 neg: -4.2 tot: 161.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 125.01 m/s