MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 81 1 950 533 2 900 1008 3 850 1505 SFC 827 1740 15.4 1.3 38 14.1 7.8 350 7 304.7 305.6 288.8 320.2 5.08 5 800 2026 20.5 -2.5 21 23.0 8.4 21 15 313.0 313.7 290.5 325.6 3.97 6 750 2578 16.0 -6.0 21 22.0 5.2 57 13 314.0 314.6 290.1 324.4 3.25 7 700 3157 10.5 -3.2 38 13.8 3.5 76 15 314.2 315.0 291.1 327.9 4.30 8 650 3767 4.6 -2.6 60 7.2 0.9 76 14 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.5 4.85 9 600 4412 -1.7 -3.9 85 2.2 -2.7 74 9 314.2 315.1 291.5 329.4 4.79 10 550 5098 -7.1 -9.4 84 2.2 -8.1 320 2 315.6 316.3 290.7 326.7 3.42 11 500 5835 -11.3 -13.3 85 2.0 -12.0 323 2 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.4 2.75 12 450 6637 -15.6 -21.5 61 5.9 -17.3 323 4 323.6 323.9 291.4 328.8 1.52 13 400 7514 -22.0 -26.1 69 4.2 -22.9 304 2 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.5 1.14 14 350 8483 -28.7 -33.9 61 5.2 -29.6 12 3 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.3 0.62 15 300 9566 -37.7 -41.9 65 4.2 -38.1 63 1 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.32 16 250 10792 -48.2 -52.7 60 4.5 -48.4 279 7 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12240 -53.8 -68.8 14 15.0 -54.1 325 7 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14075 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.1 262 20 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16568 -67.0 -85.5 6 18.4 -67.2 277 12 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.17 m Freezing level: 613.35 mb = 4240.18 m = 13911.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.63 mb = 3922.20 m = 12867.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.39 C = 75.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.24 mb = 3539.48 m = 11612.31 ft T: 6.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.47 mb = 5319.39 m = 17451.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: 2.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6809.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 566.12 mb = 4870.41 m = 15978.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 47.6 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 77.6 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -9.1 tot: 47.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.14 Bulk Shear: 6.35 m/s