MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.3,-107.77 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -107.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 1 950 588 2 900 1051 3 850 1535 SFC 803 2007 6.4 -3.2 50 9.6 2.0 184 5 297.6 298.3 284.9 308.9 3.75 5 800 2041 9.1 -3.2 42 12.3 3.3 195 7 300.8 301.5 286.1 312.3 3.77 6 750 2574 6.2 -2.7 53 8.9 1.9 229 8 303.3 304.0 287.4 316.0 4.17 7 700 3135 2.2 -9.6 41 11.9 -2.6 260 18 305.0 305.5 286.5 313.2 2.63 8 650 3728 -2.2 -32.0 8 29.9 -8.9 297 22 306.5 306.6 284.5 307.9 0.40 9 600 4360 -3.6 -28.9 12 25.3 -9.9 319 33 311.9 312.0 286.7 313.9 0.58 10 550 5044 -6.3 -28.8 15 22.4 -11.9 317 35 316.5 316.7 288.3 318.8 0.64 11 500 5783 -11.0 -28.5 22 17.6 -15.2 311 39 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.2 0.73 12 450 6581 -17.3 -27.6 40 10.4 -19.6 307 50 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.6 0.88 13 400 7451 -24.5 -30.8 56 6.3 -25.7 308 55 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.7 0.73 14 350 8408 -31.7 -40.9 40 9.1 -32.7 313 54 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.31 15 300 9480 -39.7 -51.6 27 12.0 -40.4 316 63 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 16 250 10702 -48.0 -59.7 25 11.7 -48.4 321 67 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12147 -55.2 -68.6 17 13.4 -55.4 321 65 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13953 -61.2 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.4 319 61 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16439 -67.2 -87.6 4 20.4 -67.2 299 43 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.02 m Freezing level: 674.49 mb = 3437.19 m = 11276.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.73 mb = 2807.81 m = 9211.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.42 % Est. max temperature: 14.66 C = 58.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.70 mb = 3218.54 m = 10559.39 ft T: 1.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 8.08 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 519.92 mb = 5479.73 m = 17977.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.66 F Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lifted Index: 8.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9779.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.25 mb = 3834.73 m = 12580.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.2 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 336.2 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 235.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 169.51 m/s