MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 5Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.22,-108.55 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -108.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 604 2 900 1063 3 850 1542 SFC 828 1761 5.9 0.2 67 5.7 3.1 52 4 294.5 295.4 284.7 308.3 4.70 5 800 2045 10.4 -1.3 44 11.8 4.6 237 10 302.3 303.1 287.2 315.4 4.34 6 750 2578 6.7 -1.8 55 8.5 2.5 256 18 303.8 304.6 287.9 317.4 4.46 7 700 3139 2.3 -8.0 46 10.3 -2.0 262 20 305.1 305.6 286.9 314.4 2.98 8 650 3735 0.8 -20.8 18 21.7 -6.0 292 19 309.9 310.1 286.6 313.6 1.12 9 600 4377 -0.5 -27.4 11 26.9 -7.9 307 26 315.5 315.6 288.1 317.9 0.67 10 550 5065 -5.2 -20.2 30 15.0 -9.9 309 33 318.0 318.2 289.6 322.7 1.40 11 500 5806 -10.2 -26.2 26 15.9 -14.4 308 41 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.7 0.90 12 450 6607 -16.3 -27.2 39 10.8 -18.9 310 41 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.9 0.91 13 400 7481 -23.3 -32.4 43 9.0 -24.9 307 42 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.0 0.63 14 350 8442 -31.1 -39.9 42 8.8 -32.1 311 44 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.34 15 300 9516 -39.1 -47.2 42 8.1 -39.7 311 53 330.2 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.18 16 250 10741 -48.4 -55.3 45 6.9 -48.7 310 55 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.08 17 200 12180 -55.6 -66.9 23 11.3 -55.8 304 58 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13983 -62.0 -79.9 7 17.9 -62.1 310 53 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16475 -67.5 -87.9 4 20.4 -67.7 302 32 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.24 m Freezing level: 619.06 mb = 4132.03 m = 13556.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.51 mb = 2881.76 m = 9454.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.73 % Est. max temperature: 17.85 C = 64.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.58 mb = 2484.04 m = 8149.64 ft T: 7.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 3.77 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.96 mb = 5280.97 m = 17325.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Cap Strength: 8.72 C Lifted Index: 8.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9705.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.17 mb = 3477.30 m = 11408.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.9 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 330.9 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 92.45 m/s