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: 42.44,-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 168 1 950 604 2 900 1062 3 850 1540 SFC 824 1795 10.1 3.9 66 6.1 6.8 217 5 299.3 300.4 287.9 317.6 6.17 5 800 2041 6.1 2.5 78 3.6 4.2 207 4 297.7 298.7 286.9 314.7 5.75 6 750 2566 1.6 -4.1 66 5.6 -0.9 223 4 298.3 299.0 285.2 309.6 3.77 7 700 3118 -0.6 -24.0 15 23.4 -7.0 292 14 301.8 302.0 283.1 304.4 0.78 8 650 3709 -1.4 -29.1 10 27.7 -8.3 305 24 307.4 307.5 285.0 309.2 0.53 9 600 4343 -3.4 -21.1 24 17.7 -8.8 318 34 312.2 312.4 287.5 316.2 1.18 10 550 5027 -6.5 -32.1 11 25.5 -12.3 320 41 316.3 316.4 288.1 318.0 0.47 11 500 5763 -12.2 -23.5 38 11.3 -15.3 315 48 318.1 318.4 289.4 322.1 1.15 12 450 6557 -18.3 -25.6 53 7.2 -20.0 311 50 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.06 13 400 7427 -24.1 -39.0 24 14.9 -26.2 314 48 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.8 0.32 14 350 8383 -32.7 -42.6 37 9.9 -33.6 319 53 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.26 15 300 9449 -41.0 -50.1 37 9.1 -41.5 317 65 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.13 16 250 10665 -48.7 -58.9 30 10.2 -49.1 322 69 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 17 200 12113 -54.2 -68.2 16 14.0 -54.5 325 72 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13924 -61.2 -79.5 7 18.3 -61.4 312 69 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16417 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 303 37 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.82 m Freezing level: 714.01 mb = 2963.37 m = 9722.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.90 mb = 2469.77 m = 8102.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.55 % Est. max temperature: 15.09 C = 59.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.00 mb = 2554.76 m = 8381.64 ft T: 1.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.39 C/km ThetaE index: 13.21 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.80 mb = 4790.54 m = 15716.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Cap Strength: 9.19 C Lifted Index: 8.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10531.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.18 mb = 2991.21 m = 9813.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.1 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 342.1 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.3 neg: -8.1 tot: 181.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 154.45 m/s