MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 165 1 950 600 2 900 1061 3 850 1543 SFC 803 2021 10.4 -2.9 39 13.3 4.0 110 2 301.9 302.7 286.6 313.6 3.83 5 800 2048 9.5 -3.7 39 13.2 3.3 114 2 301.3 301.9 286.1 312.3 3.62 6 750 2578 4.8 -8.4 38 13.1 -0.7 265 7 301.7 302.2 285.4 310.1 2.70 7 700 3139 4.6 -38.6 3 43.1 -5.0 273 11 307.5 307.6 284.7 308.2 0.19 8 650 3738 1.6 -22.3 15 23.9 -5.8 286 17 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.1 0.99 9 600 4377 -2.9 -14.7 40 11.8 -7.2 286 23 312.8 313.2 288.6 319.4 2.03 10 550 5061 -7.2 -24.4 24 17.2 -11.9 284 29 315.6 315.7 288.3 318.9 0.97 11 500 5796 -12.3 -25.6 32 13.3 -15.6 284 34 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.4 0.95 12 450 6592 -17.8 -29.3 36 11.5 -20.2 284 39 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.75 13 400 7461 -24.4 -31.7 51 7.2 -25.7 282 46 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.67 14 350 8419 -31.5 -39.2 47 7.7 -32.4 281 52 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.6 0.36 15 300 9489 -40.4 -50.7 33 10.2 -41.1 277 56 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.12 16 250 10706 -49.7 -57.4 40 7.7 -50.0 278 51 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.06 17 200 12132 -58.9 -66.3 38 7.3 -59.0 273 55 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.03 18 150 13910 -64.8 -77.3 16 12.5 -65.0 277 54 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16377 -64.6 -85.4 4 20.8 -64.7 282 39 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.13 m Freezing level: 632.07 mb = 3967.48 m = 13016.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.58 mb = 2484.53 m = 8151.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.95 % Est. max temperature: 18.53 C = 65.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 654.56 mb = 3681.92 m = 12079.63 ft T: 1.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 5.40 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 464.45 mb = 6353.13 m = 20843.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Cap Strength: 9.49 C Lifted Index: 9.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10092.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 584.24 mb = 4586.23 m = 15046.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.6 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 312.6 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 82.46 m/s