MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 21 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 247 1 950 676 2 900 1123 3 850 1591 SFC 806 2021 0.6 -2.6 79 3.2 -0.8 322 1 291.2 291.9 282.4 302.6 3.92 5 800 2081 1.1 -2.5 77 3.6 -0.5 133 3 292.3 293.0 283.0 303.9 3.96 6 750 2598 -0.4 -10.5 47 10.0 -4.1 212 6 296.1 296.5 282.6 303.1 2.29 7 700 3150 0.6 -27.7 10 28.3 -6.7 305 10 303.1 303.2 283.4 305.0 0.56 8 650 3745 0.6 -22.8 15 23.4 -6.4 315 22 309.7 309.8 286.3 312.8 0.94 9 600 4383 -3.0 -22.4 21 19.5 -8.8 315 29 312.7 312.9 287.5 316.3 1.05 10 550 5065 -7.3 -34.6 9 27.3 -13.0 313 39 315.4 315.5 287.7 316.8 0.37 11 500 5800 -12.2 -25.0 34 12.8 -15.5 313 45 318.2 318.4 289.2 321.6 1.00 12 450 6597 -17.1 -33.7 22 16.6 -20.2 311 50 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.5 0.49 13 400 7470 -22.7 -39.6 20 16.8 -25.2 311 61 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.6 0.31 14 350 8434 -30.6 -39.6 41 9.0 -31.7 310 66 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.35 15 300 9509 -38.7 -51.1 26 12.4 -39.5 305 70 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.12 16 250 10734 -48.3 -57.0 36 8.7 -48.7 307 69 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 17 200 12167 -58.4 -68.1 28 9.6 -58.6 302 69 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 18 150 13937 -67.1 -77.4 22 10.3 -67.1 299 67 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 19 100 16394 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.9 299 39 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.32 m Freezing level: 764.39 mb = 2449.61 m = 8036.67 ft Freezing level: 728.68 mb = 2833.66 m = 9296.66 ft Freezing level: 641.35 mb = 3855.35 m = 12648.63 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.61 % Est. max temperature: 17.22 C = 63.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.18 mb = 2416.99 m = 7929.64 ft T: 0.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 0.82 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 463.09 mb = 6380.22 m = 20932.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Cap Strength: 13.44 C Lifted Index: 14.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12288.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.33 mb = 3802.48 m = 12475.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.1 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 341.1 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.0 neg: -11.6 tot: 161.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 192.10 m/s