MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 236 1 950 663 2 900 1105 3 850 1566 4 800 2050 SFC 787 2183 -3.0 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.2 277 10 289.3 290.0 281.4 300.3 3.79 6 750 2559 -6.4 -6.6 99 0.2 -6.5 300 17 289.6 290.1 280.7 298.7 3.11 7 700 3097 -8.8 -12.7 73 3.9 -10.0 310 28 292.8 293.1 280.9 299.0 2.05 8 650 3666 -12.2 -20.7 49 8.5 -14.3 313 34 295.1 295.3 280.7 298.7 1.13 9 600 4277 -12.4 -36.7 11 24.3 -16.4 321 47 301.7 301.8 282.4 302.7 0.27 10 550 4941 -12.1 -49.9 3 37.9 -16.8 321 63 309.8 309.8 285.3 310.0 0.07 11 500 5671 -11.2 -38.6 8 27.3 -16.2 319 82 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.4 0.27 12 450 6472 -17.1 -31.2 28 14.1 -20.0 318 87 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.0 0.63 13 400 7342 -23.7 -40.5 20 16.7 -26.0 310 92 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.28 14 350 8301 -31.5 -48.8 17 17.3 -33.0 312 94 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.13 15 300 9369 -41.0 -49.6 39 8.5 -41.6 319 103 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.14 16 250 10583 -49.5 -64.0 17 14.5 -49.8 323 104 332.5 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.03 17 200 12021 -56.2 -68.7 19 12.6 -56.3 302 102 343.8 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 13829 -58.5 -83.7 3 25.1 -58.7 330 67 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16341 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 310 36 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5434.91 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.26 % Est. max temperature: 3.98 C = 39.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.68 mb = 2223.09 m = 7293.51 ft T: -3.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 0.95 C/km ThetaE index: 1.59 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.85 mb = 3120.19 m = 10236.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.28 C = 32.51 F Cap Strength: 11.73 C Lifted Index: 18.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13648.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.30 mb = 2895.37 m = 9499.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 62.6 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 46.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 352.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 352.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 317.21 m/s