MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F043.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 47 1 950 499 2 900 981 3 850 1485 SFC 825 1741 20.0 3.7 34 16.2 10.6 37 5 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.4 6.06 5 800 2012 21.9 -0.2 23 22.1 9.7 70 11 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.5 4.72 6 750 2566 16.5 -1.1 30 17.7 7.0 73 9 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.4 4.69 7 700 3146 11.0 -3.1 37 14.1 3.8 65 5 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.6 4.35 8 650 3758 5.2 -3.4 54 8.6 0.9 36 2 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.5 4.59 9 600 4405 -0.0 -8.8 52 8.7 -3.8 303 5 316.1 316.7 290.8 326.7 3.29 10 550 5095 -4.9 -19.8 30 14.9 -9.7 326 13 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.3 1.45 11 500 5837 -9.9 -39.5 7 29.5 -15.4 330 6 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.8 0.25 12 450 6640 -15.1 -50.8 3 35.6 -19.7 310 5 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.5 0.08 13 400 7517 -22.4 -31.9 42 9.5 -24.1 280 5 325.9 326.1 291.2 328.3 0.66 14 350 8485 -28.8 -32.3 72 3.5 -29.5 280 14 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.5 0.73 15 300 9568 -37.7 -42.3 62 4.6 -38.2 258 18 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.31 16 250 10795 -47.9 -54.4 47 6.5 -48.1 240 20 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.09 17 200 12241 -53.8 -67.5 17 13.7 -54.1 260 17 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14081 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 261 15 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16571 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 258 13 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.84 m Freezing level: 600.33 mb = 4400.73 m = 14437.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.53 mb = 3876.56 m = 12718.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 647.57 mb = 3788.28 m = 12428.58 ft T: 5.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 0.92 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 549.41 mb = 5103.38 m = 16743.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5865.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 582.69 mb = 4637.18 m = 15213.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.2 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 15.2 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 17.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 13.77 m/s