MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 24.88,-106.60 Latitude: 24.88 Longitude: -106.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 530 2 900 1010 3 850 1512 SFC 833 1691 22.8 17.1 70 5.7 18.7 169 3 311.8 314.7 298.2 357.4 14.85 5 800 2036 18.5 12.4 67 6.2 14.4 235 1 310.9 313.1 295.7 345.8 11.37 6 750 2586 14.4 7.5 63 6.9 10.1 348 3 312.2 313.8 294.1 339.0 8.69 7 700 3166 11.7 -7.3 26 19.0 2.7 292 1 315.4 316.0 290.5 325.7 3.16 8 650 3780 7.5 -13.2 21 20.7 -1.1 260 2 317.4 317.8 290.1 324.4 2.12 9 600 4433 3.4 -23.7 12 27.0 -5.4 257 3 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.3 0.94 10 550 5132 -0.5 -34.6 6 34.1 -8.9 293 3 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.9 0.37 11 500 5887 -5.0 -41.1 4 36.1 -12.3 9 5 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.21 12 450 6705 -10.4 -45.7 4 35.3 -16.3 10 7 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 13 400 7600 -16.8 -49.7 4 32.9 -21.2 338 5 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 14 350 8587 -24.3 -53.4 5 29.1 -27.2 280 7 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 15 300 9690 -33.0 -59.0 6 26.0 -34.6 260 15 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 16 250 10947 -42.2 -64.7 7 22.5 -43.0 248 28 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 17 200 12417 -53.9 -69.9 12 16.0 -54.2 246 32 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14206 -67.2 -76.2 27 9.1 -67.2 250 29 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.01 19 100 16588 -76.6 -85.3 24 8.7 -76.7 216 16 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.58 m Freezing level: 555.98 mb = 5048.45 m = 16562.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.36 mb = 3599.18 m = 11808.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.52 mb = 2411.85 m = 7912.81 ft T: 15.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 34.14 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.74 mb = 3644.36 m = 11956.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 164.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.81 mb = 3049.25 m = 10003.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 484.81 mb = 6126.44 m = 20099.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.81 mb = 10815.74 m = 35484.27 ft B at Equ Level: 161.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.81 mb = 12908.49 m = 42350.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.7 at 3.5 knts Storm direction: 5.7 at 2.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 47.97 Bulk Shear: 3.44 m/s