MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 22 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 177 1 950 614 2 900 1067 3 850 1541 SFC 802 2021 2.7 -16.2 23 18.8 -3.4 194 3 293.8 294.0 280.4 298.0 1.35 5 800 2038 4.5 -12.7 27 17.2 -1.7 179 5 296.0 296.3 282.0 301.5 1.80 6 750 2565 6.0 -23.5 10 29.5 -2.9 182 3 303.1 303.2 283.7 305.6 0.77 7 700 3128 4.9 -33.2 4 38.0 -4.6 249 2 307.9 307.9 284.9 309.0 0.33 8 650 3728 1.4 -14.5 30 15.8 -4.6 270 7 310.5 310.9 287.6 316.7 1.91 9 600 4366 -2.5 -21.1 22 18.6 -8.3 286 10 313.2 313.5 287.8 317.2 1.18 10 550 5049 -8.1 -16.6 50 8.6 -10.9 292 13 314.5 314.9 289.0 320.8 1.89 11 500 5781 -13.5 -23.3 44 9.8 -16.1 292 16 316.5 316.7 288.9 320.5 1.17 12 450 6573 -19.4 -29.1 42 9.8 -21.4 292 21 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.5 0.76 13 400 7437 -25.8 -35.8 38 10.1 -27.3 280 26 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.1 0.45 14 350 8390 -33.0 -48.5 20 15.4 -34.3 280 30 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.13 15 300 9454 -41.3 -54.1 24 12.8 -42.0 274 35 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 16 250 10668 -50.0 -58.4 37 8.4 -50.3 271 47 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.06 17 200 12094 -58.4 -67.3 31 8.9 -58.5 264 53 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 18 150 13878 -63.8 -77.1 15 13.4 -63.8 271 47 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16354 -64.7 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.9 290 30 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.56 m Freezing level: 632.39 mb = 3952.54 m = 12967.49 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.89 % Est. max temperature: 18.24 C = 64.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 597.02 mb = 4405.55 m = 14453.72 ft T: -2.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 377.25 mb = 7854.71 m = 25769.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Cap Strength: 11.79 C Lifted Index: 11.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11586.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 493.49 mb = 5879.90 m = 19290.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -3.6 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.69 Bulk Shear: 31.88 m/s