MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.44,-111.65 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -111.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 1 950 622 2 900 1074 3 850 1546 SFC 825 1795 6.5 2.2 74 4.3 4.3 315 2 295.5 296.5 285.8 311.4 5.44 5 800 2041 2.6 1.0 90 1.5 1.8 307 2 293.9 294.8 284.9 309.0 5.16 6 750 2559 -0.4 -5.0 71 4.6 -2.4 320 5 296.1 296.7 284.0 306.6 3.51 7 700 3109 -1.4 -20.3 22 18.9 -7.0 306 14 300.9 301.1 283.2 304.4 1.09 8 650 3698 -2.3 -40.2 4 37.9 -9.5 314 26 306.3 306.4 284.2 307.0 0.18 9 600 4331 -4.2 -27.0 15 22.8 -10.1 320 39 311.3 311.4 286.6 313.7 0.70 10 550 5012 -7.0 -29.9 14 23.0 -12.5 320 46 315.8 315.9 288.1 317.8 0.58 11 500 5749 -11.8 -28.0 25 16.3 -15.6 321 50 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.76 12 450 6545 -18.2 -26.4 49 8.2 -20.1 325 52 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.7 0.98 13 400 7412 -25.3 -39.2 26 13.9 -27.1 322 52 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.32 14 350 8365 -33.1 -44.1 32 11.0 -34.1 328 59 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.0 0.22 15 300 9429 -41.9 -54.0 26 12.1 -42.4 325 60 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.7 0.08 16 250 10639 -49.9 -62.1 23 12.2 -50.2 322 71 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.04 17 200 12074 -55.1 -68.5 17 13.5 -55.3 326 81 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 13904 -56.2 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 331 57 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16408 -66.2 -88.1 3 21.9 -66.4 306 30 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.45 m Freezing level: 757.40 mb = 2482.49 m = 8144.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.24 mb = 2262.28 m = 7422.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.38 % Est. max temperature: 14.16 C = 57.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.25 mb = 2324.36 m = 7625.77 ft T: 0.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.92 C/km ThetaE index: 7.02 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.37 mb = 4992.82 m = 16380.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.02 F Cap Strength: 11.21 C Lifted Index: 11.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11268.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.06 mb = 2795.97 m = 9173.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.7 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 350.7 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 188.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 148.72 m/s