MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 4Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.27,-103.39 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -103.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 1 950 615 2 900 1066 SFC 869 1352 5.3 -3.5 53 8.8 1.5 225 5 289.8 290.4 281.2 299.7 3.40 4 850 1539 7.2 -5.5 40 12.7 1.8 355 5 293.7 294.2 282.4 302.5 2.98 5 800 2033 2.6 -5.3 56 7.8 -0.7 341 8 293.9 294.4 282.8 303.4 3.22 6 750 2552 0.5 -7.0 57 7.5 -2.6 324 25 297.1 297.6 283.8 306.1 3.01 7 700 3103 -2.1 -9.0 59 6.9 -4.8 307 35 300.2 300.7 284.8 308.7 2.76 8 650 3689 -4.1 -43.1 3 39.0 -10.7 327 41 304.3 304.3 283.3 304.7 0.13 9 600 4317 -5.8 -29.8 13 24.0 -11.4 330 48 309.4 309.5 285.8 311.2 0.53 10 550 4994 -9.4 -17.1 53 7.8 -11.9 323 56 313.0 313.3 288.4 319.0 1.82 11 500 5727 -11.8 -24.9 33 13.0 -15.2 317 62 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.2 1.02 12 450 6525 -17.0 -36.7 16 19.7 -20.4 321 67 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.1 0.36 13 400 7395 -24.3 -41.7 18 17.4 -26.5 320 71 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.25 14 350 8351 -32.8 -41.1 43 8.3 -33.6 323 79 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.30 15 300 9416 -42.0 -52.7 30 10.7 -42.5 323 83 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.10 16 250 10622 -50.6 -61.9 25 11.3 -50.8 325 85 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.04 17 200 12066 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 312 87 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 13910 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 305 45 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16413 -65.1 -87.3 3 22.1 -65.3 306 48 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5542.96 m Freezing level: 740.98 mb = 2651.45 m = 8698.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 814.72 mb = 1884.19 m = 6181.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.98 % Est. max temperature: 14.08 C = 57.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.02 mb = 2455.92 m = 8057.38 ft T: 0.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.72 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 505.27 mb = 5646.46 m = 18524.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.38 C = 90.29 F Cap Strength: 11.81 C Lifted Index: 15.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.66 C Showalter Index: 15.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.00 C Cross Totals Index: 6.29 C K Index: 6.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 71.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13427.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.40 mb = 3041.44 m = 9978.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.7 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 351.7 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 4.3 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.5 neg: -32.0 tot: 200.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 210.87 m/s