MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 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 36 1 950 488 2 900 970 3 850 1475 SFC 824 1741 21.9 2.7 28 19.2 10.9 60 5 311.8 312.9 291.6 329.4 5.64 5 800 2004 22.1 -1.2 21 23.3 9.5 67 13 314.8 315.6 291.3 328.8 4.39 6 750 2558 16.9 -2.2 27 19.0 6.8 66 11 314.9 315.7 291.3 328.7 4.34 7 700 3139 11.6 -3.7 34 15.3 3.8 67 6 315.4 316.2 291.3 328.7 4.16 8 650 3752 5.8 -5.7 43 11.6 0.3 331 3 315.6 316.3 291.1 327.9 3.83 9 600 4399 -0.4 -6.3 65 5.8 -3.1 310 8 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.4 3.98 10 550 5089 -5.8 -6.7 93 0.9 -6.2 297 11 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.9 4.22 11 500 5830 -9.6 -16.5 57 6.8 -12.0 313 13 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.4 2.11 12 450 6635 -15.1 -18.2 77 3.2 -16.1 321 6 324.3 324.7 292.0 331.2 2.02 13 400 7514 -21.6 -38.0 21 16.4 -24.1 298 4 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.36 14 350 8483 -28.3 -32.8 66 4.4 -29.1 269 10 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.1 0.69 15 300 9570 -36.7 -43.2 51 6.4 -37.4 254 19 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.7 0.28 16 250 10804 -47.6 -50.9 69 3.3 -47.7 222 23 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12244 -54.5 -66.5 21 12.0 -54.7 235 25 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14078 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.8 264 21 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16561 -68.2 -84.8 8 16.6 -68.2 275 19 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.25 m Freezing level: 603.52 mb = 4353.93 m = 14284.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.48 mb = 3808.48 m = 12494.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.22 % Est. max temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 619.10 mb = 4145.98 m = 13602.14 ft T: 2.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 1.53 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 547.85 mb = 5118.98 m = 16794.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: 2.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5276.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 569.52 mb = 4812.34 m = 15788.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.5 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 5.5 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.5 neg: -10.3 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 24.59 m/s