MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.93,-111.46 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 585 2 900 1054 SFC 869 1358 20.7 4.8 35 16.0 11.5 87 1 306.0 307.1 290.2 324.8 6.20 4 850 1544 16.8 3.1 40 13.7 9.2 12 1 303.7 304.8 289.0 320.8 5.65 5 800 2055 11.8 1.5 49 10.3 6.3 13 2 303.8 304.7 288.7 319.9 5.33 6 750 2592 9.1 -5.7 35 14.8 2.2 26 4 306.4 307.1 287.7 316.8 3.32 7 700 3162 8.9 -12.8 20 21.7 0.0 32 8 312.3 312.7 288.4 319.0 2.04 8 650 3770 4.8 -13.1 26 17.9 -2.4 28 14 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.4 2.14 9 600 4418 1.9 -21.2 16 23.1 -5.8 24 13 318.3 318.6 289.5 322.4 1.18 10 550 5115 -1.1 -29.0 10 28.0 -8.8 10 8 322.8 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.63 11 500 5866 -6.7 -36.9 7 30.2 -13.2 345 11 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.32 12 450 6677 -13.6 -39.8 9 26.2 -18.2 335 8 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.27 13 400 7558 -21.5 -41.9 14 20.4 -24.3 342 6 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.24 14 350 8525 -29.8 -49.5 13 19.7 -31.5 326 6 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.12 15 300 9602 -39.2 -55.2 17 15.9 -40.1 284 13 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.07 16 250 10827 -47.8 -60.9 21 13.2 -48.1 264 27 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.04 17 200 12275 -53.2 -72.8 8 19.6 -53.6 266 43 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14086 -62.8 -79.4 9 16.6 -63.0 271 46 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16527 -71.1 -85.6 10 14.5 -71.1 280 29 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.51 m Freezing level: 567.80 mb = 4867.03 m = 15967.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.59 mb = 3166.89 m = 10389.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.30 % Est. max temperature: 24.69 C = 76.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.69 mb = 3343.51 m = 10969.38 ft T: 7.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 7.99 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 519.24 mb = 5568.79 m = 18270.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.11 C = 100.60 F Cap Strength: 10.11 C Lifted Index: 9.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.33 C Showalter Index: 9.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 9.88 C K Index: 5.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 51.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7934.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 678.31 mb = 3420.27 m = 11221.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.5 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 38.5 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 6.13 m/s