MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 11Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 24.85,-103.48 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 507 2 900 984 3 850 1484 SFC 838 1610 16.7 12.9 78 3.8 14.2 234 7 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.5 11.23 5 800 2008 19.9 10.8 56 9.0 14.0 261 10 312.3 314.3 295.3 343.9 10.25 6 750 2562 16.0 8.2 60 7.8 11.1 235 1 314.0 315.7 294.9 342.4 9.13 7 700 3144 11.8 5.3 64 6.5 7.9 197 3 315.5 317.0 294.4 340.6 7.99 8 650 3759 6.4 3.1 79 3.3 4.5 220 7 316.2 317.7 294.2 339.6 7.40 9 600 4411 2.0 -2.4 73 4.3 -0.3 244 6 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.6 5.37 10 550 5108 -1.5 -13.5 40 11.9 -6.3 266 8 322.2 322.7 291.9 330.5 2.46 11 500 5862 -4.7 -25.1 19 20.4 -10.8 283 9 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.8 1.00 12 450 6682 -9.8 -21.1 40 11.2 -13.5 274 10 330.9 331.2 293.4 336.5 1.58 13 400 7578 -17.2 -25.8 47 8.6 -19.5 269 10 332.6 332.8 293.5 336.8 1.17 14 350 8564 -24.6 -41.0 20 16.4 -26.9 261 13 335.6 335.7 293.5 336.8 0.30 15 300 9668 -32.4 -57.9 6 25.4 -34.2 252 26 339.6 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.05 16 250 10929 -41.4 -62.8 8 21.4 -42.3 252 34 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 17 200 12401 -53.5 -67.6 16 14.1 -53.8 252 37 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14190 -67.5 -75.6 31 8.0 -67.6 247 33 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16568 -77.4 -85.0 28 7.6 -77.4 198 9 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.22 m Freezing level: 572.05 mb = 4800.44 m = 15749.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.84 mb = 4372.36 m = 14344.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.61 mb = 2098.93 m = 6886.18 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 13.44 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.84 mb = 3621.98 m = 11882.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.09 mb = 3119.15 m = 10233.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.09 mb = 4315.15 m = 14157.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 547.09 mb = 5149.67 m = 16895.04 ft B at Equ Level: 40.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 457.09 mb = 6560.52 m = 21523.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -9.4 tot: 8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 176.40 Bulk Shear: 0.49 m/s