MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 233 1 950 660 2 900 1102 SFC 857 1493 1.4 -0.8 85 2.2 0.4 150 0 286.9 287.7 280.8 298.9 4.21 4 850 1564 0.7 -1.1 88 1.8 -0.1 116 1 286.9 287.6 280.7 298.7 4.14 5 800 2051 -0.0 -3.9 75 3.9 -1.6 303 27 291.1 291.8 282.0 301.6 3.59 6 750 2565 -2.2 -12.2 46 10.0 -5.6 313 19 294.2 294.6 281.4 300.3 1.99 7 700 3109 -5.7 -19.5 33 13.8 -9.5 318 18 296.2 296.4 281.3 299.9 1.17 8 650 3685 -9.9 -23.9 31 14.0 -13.2 316 22 297.8 298.0 281.5 300.6 0.86 9 600 4298 -13.0 -26.0 33 13.0 -15.8 318 34 301.0 301.2 282.8 303.5 0.76 10 550 4963 -11.0 -41.7 6 30.7 -15.9 322 59 311.0 311.0 285.9 311.6 0.18 11 500 5694 -12.1 -30.9 19 18.8 -16.2 321 76 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.4 0.58 12 450 6490 -18.4 -42.7 10 24.2 -21.8 318 83 320.1 320.1 289.0 320.8 0.20 13 400 7358 -24.5 -38.5 26 14.0 -26.5 322 88 323.1 323.1 290.1 324.3 0.34 14 350 8312 -32.8 -46.4 25 13.5 -34.0 321 88 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.17 15 300 9379 -40.7 -57.5 15 16.7 -41.5 321 88 327.9 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.05 16 250 10595 -49.3 -60.0 28 10.7 -49.7 324 98 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 17 200 12028 -57.8 -68.8 23 11.1 -57.9 313 100 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 18 150 13831 -60.3 -78.7 7 18.5 -60.4 308 63 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16346 -61.8 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 293 34 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5461.24 m Freezing level: 800.98 mb = 2041.24 m = 6696.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 851.38 mb = 1550.58 m = 5087.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.31 % Est. max temperature: 10.01 C = 50.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.50 mb = 1769.48 m = 5805.31 ft T: 0.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.47 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.58 mb = 3192.28 m = 10473.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.53 C = 50.96 F Cap Strength: 11.86 C Lifted Index: 16.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Showalter Index: 17.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.75 C Cross Totals Index: 10.93 C K Index: -2.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 78.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13374.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.61 mb = 2505.98 m = 8221.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.0 at 48.5 knts Storm direction: 349.0 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.9 neg: -176.9 tot: 52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 186.53 m/s