MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.27,-108.31 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -108.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 1 950 620 2 900 1071 3 850 1542 SFC 817 1868 2.5 -0.7 80 3.2 1.0 142 4 292.0 292.8 283.4 305.0 4.44 5 800 2038 6.8 -0.5 60 7.3 3.2 204 8 298.4 299.3 286.1 312.2 4.61 6 750 2570 7.0 -4.9 42 11.9 1.5 238 21 304.2 304.9 287.1 315.2 3.55 7 700 3133 3.5 -12.1 31 15.7 -2.6 259 20 306.4 306.8 286.5 313.3 2.15 8 650 3731 1.4 -17.8 22 19.2 -5.2 279 23 310.6 310.8 287.2 315.3 1.45 9 600 4371 -1.2 -24.0 16 22.9 -7.9 287 28 314.8 315.0 288.1 317.9 0.91 10 550 5059 -5.4 -26.6 17 21.2 -11.1 292 31 317.7 317.9 288.9 320.5 0.79 11 500 5799 -10.9 -20.7 45 9.7 -13.9 295 36 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.7 1.48 12 450 6599 -16.4 -27.0 40 10.6 -18.9 295 39 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.9 0.93 13 400 7473 -22.8 -35.3 31 12.6 -24.8 292 45 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.47 14 350 8436 -30.8 -36.1 60 5.2 -31.6 293 47 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.0 0.50 15 300 9510 -39.3 -44.7 57 5.4 -39.8 299 51 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.24 16 250 10734 -47.9 -55.3 42 7.4 -48.2 296 55 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.08 17 200 12178 -55.2 -67.1 21 12.0 -55.4 289 61 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13980 -62.3 -80.2 7 17.9 -62.4 294 46 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16450 -68.0 -87.1 5 19.2 -68.1 298 35 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.92 m Freezing level: 622.47 mb = 4083.38 m = 13396.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.19 mb = 2777.24 m = 9111.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.76 % Est. max temperature: 18.60 C = 65.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.53 mb = 2272.86 m = 7456.81 ft T: 6.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.90 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 518.55 mb = 5516.22 m = 18097.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Cap Strength: 9.69 C Lifted Index: 9.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9818.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.16 mb = 3654.57 m = 11989.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.9 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 315.9 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 238.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 111.81 m/s