MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.28,-111.46 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 216 1 950 648 2 900 1099 3 850 1572 SFC 804 2021 5.5 -1.3 62 6.8 2.3 296 11 296.6 297.4 285.1 309.4 4.33 5 800 2067 3.7 -2.1 65 5.9 1.0 297 14 295.1 295.9 284.2 307.2 4.08 6 750 2586 -1.7 -4.1 83 2.5 -2.7 297 17 294.8 295.4 283.7 305.9 3.75 7 700 3131 -4.4 -18.8 32 14.4 -8.5 313 19 297.6 297.9 282.0 301.5 1.24 8 650 3713 -5.7 -32.6 10 26.9 -11.2 327 26 302.6 302.6 283.0 303.9 0.38 9 600 4338 -6.5 -43.7 3 37.2 -12.6 328 38 308.6 308.7 285.0 309.1 0.13 10 550 5016 -7.8 -28.6 17 20.8 -12.9 327 51 314.8 314.9 287.8 317.1 0.65 11 500 5750 -12.8 -30.1 22 17.3 -16.6 321 56 317.5 317.6 288.6 319.7 0.63 12 450 6544 -18.0 -34.1 23 16.1 -21.0 320 64 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.3 0.47 13 400 7413 -24.2 -37.6 28 13.4 -26.2 317 72 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.9 0.38 14 350 8370 -31.5 -46.3 22 14.7 -32.9 323 76 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.17 15 300 9443 -39.3 -52.0 25 12.6 -40.1 328 88 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.10 16 250 10666 -48.8 -58.0 34 9.2 -49.1 330 94 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12097 -58.3 -66.2 36 7.8 -58.5 318 85 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 18 150 13885 -62.7 -80.8 7 18.1 -62.9 297 74 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16359 -64.7 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 307 48 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5534.09 m Freezing level: 765.47 mb = 2425.24 m = 7956.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 786.46 mb = 2204.21 m = 7231.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.30 % Est. max temperature: 10.72 C = 51.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.41 mb = 2859.96 m = 9382.96 ft T: -3.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.21 C/km ThetaE index: 7.89 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.46 mb = 5411.54 m = 17754.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.20 F Cap Strength: 11.85 C Lifted Index: 12.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11779.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.69 mb = 3190.64 m = 10467.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.6 at 45.9 knts Storm direction: 350.6 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 154.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 142.83 m/s