MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F057.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F057.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 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 175 1 950 600 2 900 1050 3 850 1520 SFC 822 1794 3.0 2.7 97 0.4 2.8 213 8 292.1 293.1 284.7 308.4 5.64 5 800 2013 2.2 0.9 91 1.3 1.5 234 8 293.5 294.4 284.7 308.4 5.11 6 750 2532 -1.2 -5.7 71 4.5 -3.1 288 21 295.3 295.9 283.5 305.2 3.32 7 700 3077 -5.5 -16.7 41 11.2 -8.9 295 31 296.4 296.6 281.7 301.0 1.47 8 650 3656 -7.6 -44.7 3 37.1 -13.0 294 42 300.4 300.4 281.7 300.8 0.11 9 600 4273 -11.5 -40.0 7 28.5 -15.9 290 51 302.8 302.8 282.8 303.5 0.20 10 550 4935 -14.6 -37.3 13 22.7 -18.2 285 62 306.8 306.8 284.5 307.8 0.28 11 500 5652 -17.6 -42.8 9 25.2 -21.0 292 76 311.6 311.6 286.1 312.2 0.17 12 450 6436 -20.7 -32.5 34 11.8 -22.7 299 94 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.2 0.56 13 400 7298 -25.9 -42.0 21 16.1 -27.8 299 112 321.3 321.3 289.4 322.2 0.24 14 350 8247 -34.2 -47.4 25 13.2 -35.2 299 115 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.3 0.15 15 300 9305 -42.5 -54.8 25 12.3 -43.1 298 112 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.07 16 250 10513 -51.5 -63.5 23 12.0 -51.7 296 116 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.03 17 200 11935 -55.9 -72.6 11 16.7 -56.1 299 108 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.01 18 150 13740 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 288 112 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16331 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 294 47 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5477.92 m Freezing level: 767.79 mb = 2347.59 m = 7701.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.33 mb = 2182.68 m = 7160.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.45 % Est. max temperature: 9.16 C = 48.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.99 mb = 1842.70 m = 6045.52 ft T: 2.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 7.62 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.73 mb = 2857.58 m = 9375.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.64 C = 43.95 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: 7.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11279.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.64 mb = 2684.81 m = 8808.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 62.9 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 47.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 351.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 430.74 m/s