MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 60 1 950 513 2 900 992 3 850 1493 SFC 826 1741 17.2 4.6 43 12.5 9.9 354 6 306.6 307.9 290.7 326.4 6.47 5 800 2017 21.2 -0.7 23 22.0 9.2 56 13 313.8 314.7 291.2 328.2 4.54 6 750 2569 16.5 -2.1 28 18.7 6.6 57 10 314.5 315.4 291.3 328.4 4.36 7 700 3150 11.2 -3.3 36 14.6 3.8 57 6 314.9 315.8 291.3 328.6 4.27 8 650 3762 5.7 -6.1 42 11.8 0.1 33 4 315.4 316.2 291.0 327.4 3.73 9 600 4409 -0.1 -7.9 56 7.8 -3.6 351 5 316.0 316.6 290.9 327.3 3.52 10 550 5099 -5.8 -8.7 80 2.9 -7.1 328 9 317.1 317.8 291.4 328.8 3.59 11 500 5838 -10.7 -14.5 73 3.8 -12.1 336 12 320.1 320.5 291.2 328.3 2.49 12 450 6640 -16.0 -17.8 87 1.7 -16.6 340 5 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.2 2.10 13 400 7516 -22.4 -24.5 83 2.1 -22.9 303 6 325.8 326.1 291.8 330.4 1.31 14 350 8483 -29.0 -32.5 72 3.4 -29.6 292 8 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.2 0.71 15 300 9568 -37.0 -40.8 67 3.9 -37.4 245 14 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.36 16 250 10800 -48.2 -51.6 68 3.4 -48.4 206 17 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12241 -53.0 -68.1 14 15.0 -53.4 238 23 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14077 -58.0 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 252 19 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16566 -67.7 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.8 284 16 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.68 m Freezing level: 601.22 mb = 4393.73 m = 14414.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.55 mb = 3780.04 m = 12401.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.42 mb = 3335.96 m = 10944.61 ft T: 9.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 555.22 mb = 5024.04 m = 16482.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6109.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 583.49 mb = 4630.65 m = 15192.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.0 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 30.0 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.32 Bulk Shear: 8.16 m/s