MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 50 1 950 505 2 900 985 3 850 1486 SFC 825 1741 17.8 4.3 41 13.5 10.0 21 6 307.3 308.5 290.7 326.6 6.30 5 800 2011 21.5 0.1 24 21.5 9.6 67 16 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.3 4.81 6 750 2564 16.4 -1.2 30 17.7 6.9 66 12 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.2 4.67 7 700 3145 11.1 -4.1 34 15.3 3.5 58 7 314.8 315.6 291.0 327.7 4.03 8 650 3757 5.6 -4.7 47 10.4 0.5 16 3 315.3 316.1 291.3 328.6 4.14 9 600 4404 -0.3 -7.2 60 6.8 -3.4 327 5 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.7 3.71 10 550 5093 -5.9 -8.4 83 2.4 -7.0 307 10 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.0 3.70 11 500 5834 -9.9 -16.8 57 7.0 -12.2 329 14 321.0 321.4 291.1 327.9 2.05 12 450 6638 -15.4 -18.0 81 2.6 -16.3 331 5 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.8 2.06 13 400 7516 -22.1 -28.8 54 6.8 -23.5 296 5 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.5 0.88 14 350 8484 -28.8 -32.3 72 3.4 -29.4 279 9 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.5 0.73 15 300 9569 -37.1 -42.1 59 5.0 -37.5 245 16 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.31 16 250 10802 -47.7 -51.3 67 3.5 -47.9 203 18 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12242 -53.7 -66.2 20 12.5 -53.9 239 23 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 18 150 14077 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.8 257 18 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16564 -67.7 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.8 277 17 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.52 m Freezing level: 602.92 mb = 4366.35 m = 14325.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.13 mb = 3842.66 m = 12606.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.10 C = 77.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.96 mb = 3457.99 m = 11344.99 ft T: 8.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 1.63 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 562.30 mb = 4917.89 m = 16134.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5520.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 587.10 mb = 4576.30 m = 15013.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.1 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 24.1 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 19.64 m/s