MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 73 1 950 525 2 900 1002 3 850 1501 SFC 827 1740 16.0 1.8 38 14.2 8.2 351 7 305.3 306.3 289.2 321.4 5.26 5 800 2023 20.9 -2.8 20 23.7 8.5 27 12 313.4 314.2 290.5 325.8 3.89 6 750 2575 16.2 -5.4 22 21.6 5.5 58 14 314.2 314.9 290.3 325.2 3.41 7 700 3155 10.7 -3.4 37 14.1 3.5 62 15 314.4 315.2 291.1 327.9 4.25 8 650 3766 4.8 -4.7 50 9.5 0.2 60 14 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.7 4.16 9 600 4411 -1.2 -5.4 73 4.3 -3.1 32 8 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.4 4.25 10 550 5098 -6.8 -11.1 71 4.3 -8.5 324 3 316.1 316.7 290.5 325.8 2.99 11 500 5835 -11.0 -13.6 81 2.6 -11.9 336 4 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.6 2.68 12 450 6638 -15.6 -19.8 71 4.1 -16.9 324 5 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.6 1.77 13 400 7515 -22.1 -25.4 75 3.2 -22.9 315 2 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.5 1.21 14 350 8482 -29.0 -33.0 69 3.9 -29.7 339 2 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.1 0.68 15 300 9565 -37.8 -42.1 64 4.3 -38.2 226 3 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.32 16 250 10792 -48.0 -52.4 61 4.3 -48.3 219 9 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.12 17 200 12243 -53.3 -67.8 15 14.5 -53.5 333 12 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14076 -58.0 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 261 19 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16566 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 274 14 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.38 m Freezing level: 609.65 mb = 4286.82 m = 14064.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.66 mb = 3807.21 m = 12490.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.76 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.44 mb = 3547.51 m = 11638.67 ft T: 6.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 0.67 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 531.84 mb = 5357.66 m = 17577.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: 2.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6783.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 565.10 mb = 4884.17 m = 16023.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 31.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 61.3 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: -15.3 tot: 18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 23.87 Bulk Shear: 1.29 m/s