MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-111.44 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -111.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 1 950 602 2 900 1055 3 850 1528 SFC 803 1995 4.4 0.9 78 3.5 2.7 337 5 295.6 296.5 285.5 310.5 5.09 5 800 2025 4.2 0.6 77 3.6 2.4 339 8 295.6 296.5 285.4 310.3 4.99 6 750 2545 -0.1 -2.5 84 2.4 -1.2 323 15 296.4 297.2 284.9 309.0 4.23 7 700 3095 -2.1 -16.3 33 14.3 -6.7 312 22 300.2 300.5 283.4 305.0 1.52 8 650 3682 -3.2 -36.3 6 33.1 -9.9 314 34 305.4 305.4 283.9 306.3 0.26 9 600 4312 -5.4 -34.5 8 29.0 -11.5 321 45 309.8 309.9 285.7 311.0 0.34 10 550 4989 -9.2 -29.8 17 20.7 -13.9 326 53 313.2 313.3 287.2 315.2 0.59 11 500 5720 -12.8 -42.5 6 29.7 -17.4 328 60 317.5 317.5 288.1 318.2 0.18 12 450 6517 -17.3 -39.1 13 21.8 -20.8 330 66 321.5 321.6 289.5 322.6 0.29 13 400 7386 -25.1 -37.5 31 12.3 -26.9 331 70 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.7 0.38 14 350 8339 -32.9 -43.1 36 10.2 -33.9 329 74 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.24 15 300 9404 -41.1 -49.0 42 7.9 -41.6 319 82 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.15 16 250 10619 -48.7 -59.3 28 10.6 -49.1 327 62 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 17 200 12056 -55.4 -68.3 19 12.9 -55.6 317 71 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.02 18 150 13885 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 319 44 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16384 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 306 35 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5539.42 m Freezing level: 751.67 mb = 2528.07 m = 8294.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.66 mb = 2368.09 m = 7769.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.85 % Est. max temperature: 13.32 C = 55.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.17 mb = 2436.73 m = 7994.41 ft T: 0.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.54 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 570.90 mb = 4698.90 m = 15416.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.65 C = 67.37 F Cap Strength: 8.63 C Lifted Index: 10.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10825.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.77 mb = 3097.86 m = 10163.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.6 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 356.6 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 4.4 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 327.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 181.36 m/s