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: 34.83,-105.34 Latitude: 34.83 Longitude: -105.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 537 2 900 1006 3 850 1497 SFC 821 1794 18.8 -2.3 24 21.1 7.9 305 17 308.9 309.6 289.1 321.2 3.93 5 800 2011 13.6 -4.6 28 18.2 4.9 308 23 305.6 306.3 287.5 316.2 3.40 6 750 2549 11.1 -15.4 14 26.5 0.9 332 31 308.7 308.9 286.6 313.7 1.54 7 700 3121 8.7 -16.6 15 25.2 -0.9 355 24 312.1 312.4 287.8 317.0 1.50 8 650 3729 4.6 -18.4 17 23.0 -3.6 345 26 314.2 314.4 288.3 318.8 1.38 9 600 4374 0.1 -22.1 17 22.2 -7.0 335 32 316.2 316.4 288.7 319.9 1.08 10 550 5064 -4.7 -27.4 15 22.7 -10.8 331 39 318.6 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.73 11 500 5806 -9.6 -36.2 9 26.6 -15.0 330 50 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.6 0.35 12 450 6609 -16.3 -43.0 8 26.7 -20.3 332 58 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.19 13 400 7481 -23.5 -45.1 12 21.5 -26.1 333 61 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.17 14 350 8441 -31.5 -49.7 15 18.1 -33.0 338 59 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.12 15 300 9513 -39.3 -56.8 14 17.5 -40.1 316 58 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.06 16 250 10738 -47.3 -62.3 16 15.0 -47.7 291 69 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.04 17 200 12206 -48.9 -76.1 3 27.2 -49.5 280 55 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 14039 -60.4 -80.7 5 20.3 -60.6 298 45 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16494 -70.6 -86.3 8 15.7 -70.6 283 33 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.86 m Freezing level: 599.47 mb = 4381.54 m = 14374.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.44 mb = 2836.87 m = 9307.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.38 % Est. max temperature: 22.93 C = 73.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 597.87 mb = 4402.43 m = 14443.48 ft T: -0.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 7.54 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 451.46 mb = 6583.93 m = 21600.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.32 F Cap Strength: 8.99 C Lifted Index: 9.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9187.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 549.20 mb = 5075.55 m = 16651.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.3 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 3.3 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.3 neg: -20.2 tot: 116.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 57.79 m/s