MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.28,-111.65 Latitude: 42.28 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 167 1 950 611 2 900 1067 3 850 1544 SFC 802 2021 7.4 2.6 72 4.8 4.9 231 5 298.8 299.8 287.3 315.8 5.75 5 800 2043 5.6 1.8 76 3.8 3.7 220 4 297.1 298.1 286.5 313.2 5.45 6 750 2567 1.9 -7.2 51 9.1 -1.9 230 5 298.6 299.2 284.4 307.7 2.97 7 700 3121 -0.2 -28.7 10 28.4 -7.2 294 15 302.2 302.3 283.0 303.9 0.51 8 650 3711 -1.4 -28.1 11 26.8 -8.2 305 26 307.4 307.5 285.1 309.4 0.58 9 600 4346 -3.4 -22.0 22 18.5 -8.9 317 33 312.1 312.4 287.3 315.8 1.10 10 550 5029 -6.4 -29.6 14 23.2 -12.1 320 41 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.6 0.60 11 500 5766 -12.2 -23.4 39 11.2 -15.2 315 48 318.1 318.4 289.4 322.1 1.16 12 450 6561 -18.5 -26.4 50 8.0 -20.3 309 50 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.5 0.98 13 400 7429 -24.1 -39.4 23 15.4 -26.2 312 48 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.31 14 350 8386 -32.5 -42.8 35 10.4 -33.5 321 51 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.25 15 300 9453 -40.9 -49.9 37 9.0 -41.4 317 64 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.13 16 250 10669 -48.6 -59.6 27 11.1 -48.9 324 68 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.05 17 200 12118 -54.3 -68.4 16 14.0 -54.6 326 71 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13928 -61.2 -79.5 7 18.3 -61.3 313 68 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16419 -67.2 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 302 38 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.40 m Freezing level: 705.64 mb = 3058.12 m = 10033.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.84 mb = 2386.89 m = 7830.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.61 % Est. max temperature: 15.27 C = 59.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.45 mb = 2616.07 m = 8582.81 ft T: 1.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.53 C/km ThetaE index: 11.89 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 501.27 mb = 5746.14 m = 18851.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Cap Strength: 11.48 C Lifted Index: 11.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10766.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.98 mb = 3723.48 m = 12216.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.5 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 341.5 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.0 neg: -6.7 tot: 194.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 162.57 m/s