MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 24.90,-102.28 Latitude: 24.90 Longitude: -102.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 528 2 900 1010 3 850 1513 SFC 830 1722 20.7 8.5 45 12.2 13.1 72 6 309.9 311.5 293.3 335.7 8.41 5 800 2041 21.1 8.5 44 12.6 13.1 58 20 313.6 315.3 294.5 340.8 8.74 6 750 2596 16.9 5.1 46 11.8 9.8 20 16 314.9 316.3 293.9 338.0 7.37 7 700 3179 11.5 6.5 71 5.0 8.4 8 8 315.2 316.9 294.9 342.4 8.69 8 650 3793 7.0 -1.4 55 8.4 2.5 336 6 316.8 317.9 292.7 333.8 5.30 9 600 4446 2.7 -8.7 43 11.4 -2.5 278 6 319.2 319.9 291.7 330.0 3.30 10 550 5144 -0.3 -36.6 4 36.3 -8.9 322 6 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.30 11 500 5900 -4.0 -42.0 3 38.0 -11.8 9 8 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 12 450 6722 -9.5 -44.5 4 35.0 -15.7 20 8 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 13 400 7618 -16.6 -46.4 6 29.8 -21.0 344 8 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.15 14 350 8606 -24.1 -58.0 3 33.9 -27.2 307 11 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 15 300 9710 -32.3 -59.7 5 27.4 -34.1 278 21 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 16 250 10971 -41.8 -58.0 16 16.2 -42.6 267 35 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.06 17 200 12440 -53.8 -65.9 22 12.0 -54.1 260 33 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14229 -66.9 -76.5 24 9.6 -67.0 274 27 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 19 100 16622 -75.9 -85.2 22 9.4 -75.9 271 2 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.17 m Freezing level: 555.02 mb = 5074.10 m = 16647.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.80 mb = 4115.63 m = 13502.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.29 C = 79.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.17 mb = 3272.00 m = 10734.77 ft T: 10.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 2.75 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.08 mb = 4323.39 m = 14184.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: 3.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3363.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 652.24 mb = 3764.75 m = 12351.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 7.3 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 37.3 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -75.1 tot: -71.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: -5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 17.48 m/s