MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 24.96,-102.94 Latitude: 24.96 Longitude: -102.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 498 2 900 985 3 850 1493 SFC 849 1505 26.5 8.7 32 17.9 15.1 9 8 314.1 315.6 294.3 340.0 8.32 5 800 2025 22.6 7.6 38 15.0 13.1 9 14 315.2 316.8 294.6 340.9 8.20 6 750 2581 17.4 5.7 46 11.6 10.3 11 12 315.4 316.9 294.2 339.6 7.70 7 700 3165 12.9 2.9 51 10.0 7.1 321 7 316.7 318.0 293.9 338.1 6.75 8 650 3782 7.8 -1.8 50 9.6 2.7 301 7 317.8 318.8 292.9 334.4 5.17 9 600 4436 3.2 -6.7 48 9.9 -1.5 20 3 319.8 320.6 292.3 332.4 3.85 10 550 5135 -0.3 -39.9 3 39.6 -9.1 353 6 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.6 0.22 11 500 5890 -4.7 -39.0 5 34.3 -12.1 360 8 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.26 12 450 6710 -10.0 -45.3 4 35.3 -16.1 344 6 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.15 13 400 7605 -17.0 -43.0 9 25.9 -21.1 300 4 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.21 14 350 8591 -24.4 -57.7 3 33.3 -27.3 273 11 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 15 300 9695 -32.4 -59.7 5 27.4 -34.1 267 22 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 16 250 10956 -41.8 -59.9 12 18.0 -42.6 259 36 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 17 200 12425 -53.9 -67.6 17 13.7 -54.1 254 35 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14212 -67.5 -76.5 27 9.0 -67.5 272 32 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 19 100 16596 -76.3 -85.0 24 8.6 -76.4 284 8 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.66 m Freezing level: 554.22 mb = 5076.19 m = 16653.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.82 mb = 4196.81 m = 13768.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 652.84 mb = 3745.74 m = 12289.04 ft T: 8.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 16.36 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.78 mb = 4425.29 m = 14518.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2933.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.52 mb = 3902.02 m = 12801.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.9 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 20.9 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -141.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -20.9 tot: -17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.17 Bulk Shear: 2.74 m/s