MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 196 1 950 623 2 900 1067 3 850 1532 4 800 2019 SFC 784 2183 -1.9 -2.0 99 0.1 -1.9 266 19 290.9 291.6 282.6 303.1 4.21 6 750 2531 -4.5 -4.5 100 0.0 -4.5 276 30 291.7 292.4 282.3 302.4 3.65 7 700 3070 -8.2 -8.3 100 0.0 -8.2 303 40 293.4 293.9 282.2 302.1 2.92 8 650 3641 -11.7 -17.0 65 5.3 -13.2 300 43 295.7 296.0 281.5 300.6 1.56 9 600 4250 -15.4 -27.9 34 12.5 -17.8 297 47 298.3 298.4 281.5 300.4 0.64 10 550 4901 -18.8 -40.3 13 21.6 -21.5 302 59 301.8 301.8 282.4 302.5 0.21 11 500 5611 -18.1 -53.4 3 35.4 -21.5 307 85 311.0 311.0 285.8 311.2 0.05 12 450 6398 -18.2 -56.6 2 38.4 -22.0 313 104 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.5 0.04 13 400 7271 -22.1 -49.6 6 27.4 -25.1 322 118 326.2 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.10 14 350 8235 -30.7 -49.6 14 18.9 -32.3 322 114 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.12 15 300 9307 -39.6 -61.1 8 21.5 -40.5 321 109 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.03 16 250 10528 -49.0 -61.9 21 12.9 -49.4 313 117 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.04 17 200 11962 -56.8 -67.9 23 11.1 -57.0 306 114 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 18 150 13778 -59.7 -81.4 4 21.6 -59.9 311 85 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16326 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 267 23 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5415.15 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.57 % Est. max temperature: 3.45 C = 38.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.90 mb = 2200.78 m = 7220.33 ft T: -2.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.87 C/km ThetaE index: 2.64 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.64 mb = 2724.46 m = 8938.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.38 g/kg Conv temperature: -0.53 C = 31.05 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 9.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.18 mb = 2729.37 m = 8954.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.18 mb = 2783.01 m = 9130.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 686.18 mb = 3223.75 m = 10576.49 ft B at Equ Level: 15.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 616.18 mb = 4047.45 m = 13278.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.9 at 74.3 knts Storm direction: 340.9 at 55.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 578.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 578.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 192.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 400.79 m/s