MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 226 1 950 653 2 900 1104 SFC 858 1493 8.4 -0.5 53 9.0 4.1 296 9 294.2 294.9 284.1 306.7 4.28 4 850 1575 6.3 -1.5 57 7.9 2.7 294 8 292.7 293.5 283.2 304.5 4.01 5 800 2067 1.2 -2.8 74 4.1 -0.6 304 12 292.4 293.1 282.9 303.8 3.87 6 750 2583 -2.0 -11.2 50 9.1 -5.3 304 14 294.4 294.7 281.7 300.9 2.17 7 700 3127 -5.8 -16.0 45 10.1 -8.9 301 14 296.0 296.3 281.7 300.9 1.57 8 650 3704 -7.9 -25.1 24 17.1 -12.0 314 23 300.0 300.1 282.4 302.5 0.77 9 600 4325 -7.9 -39.1 6 31.2 -13.3 325 38 307.0 307.1 284.5 307.8 0.22 10 550 5001 -7.9 -36.4 8 28.5 -13.6 325 52 314.7 314.7 287.3 315.8 0.31 11 500 5736 -11.7 -29.4 22 17.7 -15.8 327 59 318.7 318.9 289.0 321.1 0.67 12 450 6533 -18.2 -32.2 28 14.1 -20.8 322 64 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.4 0.57 13 400 7400 -24.6 -39.9 23 15.2 -26.7 319 71 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.30 14 350 8357 -31.7 -46.4 22 14.7 -33.1 319 75 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.17 15 300 9428 -39.7 -53.8 21 14.1 -40.5 327 82 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.08 16 250 10650 -48.6 -58.6 31 9.9 -49.0 326 87 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.06 17 200 12080 -59.2 -66.7 37 7.6 -59.3 317 84 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 18 150 13861 -61.6 -79.8 7 18.3 -61.7 308 79 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16362 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 304 46 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5510.51 m Freezing level: 781.39 mb = 2258.98 m = 7411.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 808.78 mb = 1978.38 m = 6490.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.48 % Est. max temperature: 9.95 C = 49.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.18 mb = 2601.75 m = 8535.83 ft T: -2.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.26 C/km ThetaE index: 5.86 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.88 mb = 3071.85 m = 10078.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.06 C = 50.12 F Cap Strength: 12.90 C Lifted Index: 14.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: 14.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.05 C Cross Totals Index: 10.19 C K Index: 6.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 75.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12394.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.79 mb = 2744.23 m = 9003.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.0 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 351.0 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.9 neg: -2.8 tot: 157.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 127.11 m/s