MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 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 24 1 950 478 2 900 961 3 850 1467 SFC 824 1741 22.5 3.6 29 18.9 11.4 354 2 312.6 313.7 292.1 331.4 6.03 5 800 1997 22.8 -4.4 16 27.2 8.8 37 5 315.5 316.2 290.7 326.6 3.46 6 750 2552 17.7 -4.9 21 22.6 6.3 45 6 315.8 316.5 290.9 327.3 3.55 7 700 3135 12.2 -5.3 29 17.5 3.5 20 4 316.0 316.7 291.1 327.9 3.68 8 650 3748 6.2 -6.4 40 12.6 0.3 10 4 316.0 316.7 291.1 327.8 3.66 9 600 4397 -0.1 -7.9 56 7.8 -3.6 341 5 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.4 3.52 10 550 5085 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 312 5 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.3 4.38 11 500 5826 -10.0 -18.6 50 8.5 -12.8 312 12 320.8 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.76 12 450 6631 -15.1 -20.6 63 5.5 -16.7 316 9 324.3 324.6 291.7 330.0 1.65 13 400 7510 -21.2 -46.5 8 25.2 -24.4 296 7 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.15 14 350 8482 -27.7 -33.4 58 5.8 -28.6 259 15 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.9 0.65 15 300 9571 -36.7 -41.7 60 4.9 -37.2 244 22 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.33 16 250 10805 -47.2 -51.0 65 3.7 -47.4 204 25 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12247 -54.4 -65.8 23 11.4 -54.6 229 25 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14081 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 269 23 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16560 -69.2 -84.5 9 15.2 -69.4 275 18 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.21 m Freezing level: 600.51 mb = 4389.97 m = 14402.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.66 mb = 3789.95 m = 12434.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.72 mb = 4108.62 m = 13479.55 ft T: 2.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 4.75 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 512.79 mb = 5629.77 m = 18470.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6103.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 544.11 mb = 5168.80 m = 16957.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.3 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 0.3 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -2.0 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.12 Bulk Shear: 5.05 m/s