MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 1 950 491 2 900 974 3 850 1479 SFC 825 1741 22.5 4.5 31 18.0 11.9 58 6 312.4 313.6 292.4 332.4 6.41 5 800 2007 22.0 -0.0 23 22.1 9.8 57 11 314.6 315.6 291.6 329.8 4.77 6 750 2561 16.6 -1.4 29 18.0 7.0 55 10 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.3 4.60 7 700 3142 11.2 -2.2 39 13.4 4.2 49 7 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.7 4.65 8 650 3754 5.3 -3.0 55 8.4 1.1 8 4 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.0 4.71 9 600 4401 -0.4 -6.4 64 6.0 -3.2 317 7 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.3 3.95 10 550 5091 -4.7 -20.7 27 16.0 -9.8 318 13 318.6 318.8 289.7 323.1 1.34 11 500 5833 -9.7 -39.3 7 29.6 -15.2 299 7 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.25 12 450 6637 -15.0 -48.4 4 33.4 -19.6 293 7 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.11 13 400 7515 -22.0 -35.3 29 13.3 -24.2 273 5 326.5 326.5 291.2 328.2 0.47 14 350 8483 -28.9 -31.4 79 2.5 -29.3 262 13 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.79 15 300 9567 -37.6 -42.3 61 4.7 -38.0 264 17 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.31 16 250 10795 -47.7 -54.6 45 6.9 -47.9 210 24 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.09 17 200 12241 -54.0 -65.8 22 11.7 -54.3 251 20 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14078 -58.0 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 264 16 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16562 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 269 12 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.74 m Freezing level: 603.71 mb = 4353.10 m = 14281.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.19 mb = 3915.14 m = 12844.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.32 % Est. max temperature: 24.95 C = 76.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 631.11 mb = 3992.54 m = 13098.74 ft T: 3.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.12 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 548.05 mb = 5118.67 m = 16793.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5870.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 580.02 mb = 4669.55 m = 15319.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.1 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 7.1 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -6.5 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 16.81 m/s