MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-107.86 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -107.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 585 2 900 1047 3 850 1529 SFC 809 1938 12.2 -0.4 42 12.6 5.8 303 12 303.2 304.0 287.8 317.1 4.58 5 800 2035 9.4 -1.1 48 10.4 4.2 302 13 301.1 301.9 286.9 314.5 4.42 6 750 2565 3.8 -2.1 65 6.0 1.0 298 14 300.8 301.6 286.7 313.9 4.37 7 700 3120 -1.5 -3.4 87 1.8 -2.4 296 15 300.8 301.5 286.6 313.6 4.26 8 650 3705 -5.1 -22.0 25 16.8 -9.8 315 31 303.1 303.3 284.0 306.4 1.01 9 600 4331 -6.8 -38.5 6 31.7 -12.6 320 41 308.3 308.3 284.9 309.1 0.23 10 550 5006 -8.7 -33.9 11 25.2 -13.9 326 54 313.7 313.8 287.1 315.1 0.39 11 500 5741 -11.6 -37.2 10 25.6 -16.4 327 62 318.8 318.9 288.7 320.0 0.31 12 450 6538 -18.1 -35.9 19 17.9 -21.1 334 65 320.5 320.6 289.3 322.0 0.40 13 400 7406 -24.7 -41.8 19 17.2 -26.8 328 68 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.9 0.24 14 350 8361 -32.7 -57.1 7 24.4 -34.1 330 65 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.9 0.05 15 300 9427 -40.7 -60.7 10 20.0 -41.5 320 72 328.0 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.04 16 250 10641 -51.3 -61.9 27 10.5 -51.6 329 63 329.7 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.04 17 200 12067 -54.2 -71.2 11 17.1 -54.4 313 87 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13906 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 313 55 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16420 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.9 284 37 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.71 m Freezing level: 714.35 mb = 2960.29 m = 9712.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.05 mb = 2726.49 m = 8945.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.48 % Est. max temperature: 11.77 C = 53.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.87 mb = 3490.69 m = 11452.24 ft T: -3.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.67 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.09 mb = 3452.62 m = 11327.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.24 C = 52.24 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: 8.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9782.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.91 mb = 3326.37 m = 10913.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.1 at 45.9 knts Storm direction: 355.1 at 34.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 281.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 156.11 m/s