MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 66 1 950 520 2 900 998 3 850 1498 SFC 826 1741 17.6 3.8 40 13.8 9.7 345 7 307.1 308.2 290.5 325.7 6.10 5 800 2022 21.2 -3.1 19 24.3 8.5 41 11 313.8 314.5 290.5 325.9 3.80 6 750 2574 16.4 -4.2 24 20.6 5.9 44 11 314.4 315.1 290.7 326.4 3.74 7 700 3155 11.3 -5.1 31 16.4 3.2 34 7 315.0 315.8 290.9 327.1 3.75 8 650 3767 5.6 -6.3 42 11.9 0.0 25 5 315.3 316.1 290.9 327.2 3.67 9 600 4415 -0.1 -8.3 54 8.2 -3.7 7 4 316.0 316.6 290.9 327.0 3.41 10 550 5104 -6.0 -8.5 83 2.5 -7.1 327 8 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.8 3.66 11 500 5842 -11.3 -14.5 77 3.2 -12.4 329 11 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.6 2.49 12 450 6642 -16.2 -17.5 90 1.3 -16.6 330 6 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.2 2.16 13 400 7518 -22.1 -25.3 75 3.3 -22.8 314 6 326.3 326.6 291.9 330.6 1.22 14 350 8487 -29.0 -33.0 68 4.0 -29.6 309 8 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.2 0.68 15 300 9571 -37.2 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.5 243 8 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10801 -48.5 -51.7 70 3.1 -48.7 180 13 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 12244 -53.2 -68.7 13 15.5 -53.5 252 21 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14079 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.1 250 20 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16570 -67.2 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 280 17 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.96 m Freezing level: 601.24 mb = 4398.68 m = 14431.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3770.47 m = 12370.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.08 mb = 3491.31 m = 11454.29 ft T: 8.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 534.86 mb = 5319.99 m = 17453.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6336.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 566.74 mb = 4866.41 m = 15965.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.6 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 25.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.86 Bulk Shear: 4.38 m/s