MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 7Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-112.26 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -112.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 1 950 584 2 900 1034 SFC 851 1493 3.3 1.0 85 2.3 2.2 303 6 289.5 290.4 282.7 303.4 4.83 4 850 1503 4.5 1.1 78 3.4 2.9 299 6 290.9 291.7 283.4 304.9 4.87 5 800 1998 3.7 -5.2 52 8.9 -0.1 317 32 295.1 295.7 283.3 304.8 3.25 6 750 2517 -0.8 -7.1 62 6.3 -3.4 311 41 295.7 296.2 283.2 304.6 2.98 7 700 3064 -3.6 -23.0 21 19.4 -8.7 305 39 298.5 298.7 281.9 301.3 0.86 8 650 3646 -6.4 -48.5 2 42.0 -12.3 292 38 301.7 301.7 282.1 302.0 0.07 9 600 4265 -11.4 -51.9 2 40.4 -16.1 290 41 302.9 302.9 282.6 303.1 0.05 10 550 4924 -16.5 -43.2 8 26.6 -19.9 288 48 304.5 304.5 283.4 305.0 0.15 11 500 5633 -20.1 -57.9 2 37.8 -23.1 282 62 308.6 308.6 284.8 308.7 0.03 12 450 6407 -24.1 -44.8 13 20.7 -26.3 272 83 312.9 312.9 286.5 313.5 0.16 13 400 7256 -29.6 -61.7 3 32.0 -31.4 281 83 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.6 0.02 14 350 8200 -33.6 -62.4 4 28.8 -35.0 288 94 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.6 0.02 15 300 9268 -39.9 -65.5 5 25.5 -40.8 291 99 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.1 0.02 16 250 10495 -46.0 -73.9 3 27.9 -46.6 293 99 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.6 0.01 17 200 11944 -55.0 -72.7 9 17.7 -55.3 296 121 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.01 18 150 13760 -58.3 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 279 97 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16325 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 279 50 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5476.76 m Freezing level: 759.22 mb = 2421.16 m = 7943.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 801.63 mb = 1980.94 m = 6499.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.56 % Est. max temperature: 11.84 C = 53.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.81 mb = 1788.28 m = 5866.98 ft T: 4.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.85 mb = 3671.51 m = 12045.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.98 C = 58.97 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: 5.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 6.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 88.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12752.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.92 mb = 2830.58 m = 9286.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.6 at 52.7 knts Storm direction: 316.6 at 39.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.4 neg: -11.9 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 178.71 m/s