MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.16,-111.62 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -111.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 577 2 900 1026 3 850 1495 4 800 1986 SFC 781 2183 0.5 0.3 98 0.2 0.4 259 10 293.8 294.7 284.7 308.4 5.02 6 750 2503 -2.6 -2.8 99 0.2 -2.7 273 14 293.7 294.4 283.7 305.9 4.14 7 700 3047 -5.8 -7.9 85 2.1 -6.6 305 37 296.0 296.6 283.4 305.1 3.00 8 650 3624 -8.6 -10.3 88 1.7 -9.2 294 45 299.2 299.7 284.4 307.4 2.69 9 600 4240 -12.4 -17.6 65 5.2 -13.9 280 49 301.7 302.0 284.1 306.8 1.59 10 550 4898 -17.0 -33.7 22 16.6 -19.7 279 52 303.9 303.9 283.5 305.3 0.41 11 500 5604 -22.6 -37.5 24 14.9 -24.5 275 58 305.5 305.5 284.0 306.5 0.30 12 450 6368 -27.7 -47.4 14 19.7 -29.3 275 75 308.4 308.4 284.9 308.9 0.12 13 400 7206 -32.4 -52.2 12 19.9 -33.6 275 86 312.9 312.9 286.5 313.2 0.08 14 350 8137 -36.7 -62.9 5 26.2 -37.7 282 96 319.3 319.3 288.5 319.4 0.02 15 300 9197 -39.3 -68.8 3 29.5 -40.3 280 107 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.01 16 250 10432 -44.7 -70.1 4 25.4 -45.3 282 110 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.01 17 200 11905 -50.5 -73.3 5 22.8 -51.0 278 106 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13764 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 286 85 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16368 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 266 39 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5456.20 m Freezing level: 775.48 mb = 2237.03 m = 7339.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.49 mb = 2225.78 m = 7302.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.65 % Est. max temperature: 6.50 C = 43.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.95 mb = 2210.85 m = 7253.35 ft T: 0.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.23 mb = 2876.95 m = 9438.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.97 C = 35.55 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: 2.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11345.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.34 mb = 2831.87 m = 9290.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.8 at 59.3 knts Storm direction: 309.8 at 44.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 4.3 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 99.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 272.84 m/s