MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 93 1 950 544 2 900 1016 3 850 1509 SFC 827 1741 14.8 1.3 40 13.5 7.6 352 10 304.1 305.0 288.6 319.5 5.09 5 800 2026 18.3 -0.4 28 18.7 8.2 360 24 310.7 311.6 290.3 325.2 4.63 6 750 2577 15.7 -7.0 20 22.7 4.8 63 12 313.7 314.2 289.8 323.4 3.02 7 700 3155 10.4 -5.5 32 15.9 2.7 92 14 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.7 3.63 8 650 3765 4.4 -3.1 58 7.5 0.7 91 14 314.0 314.9 291.4 328.9 4.70 9 600 4410 -1.7 -3.8 85 2.2 -2.7 90 9 314.2 315.1 291.6 329.4 4.80 10 550 5096 -7.2 -9.3 85 2.1 -8.0 9 2 315.6 316.3 290.8 326.7 3.45 11 500 5833 -10.9 -13.6 81 2.6 -11.9 6 2 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.6 2.68 12 450 6635 -15.6 -22.9 54 7.2 -17.6 342 3 323.6 323.8 291.2 328.3 1.35 13 400 7512 -22.1 -26.2 69 4.2 -23.0 319 2 326.3 326.6 291.8 330.3 1.13 14 350 8481 -28.8 -33.8 62 5.0 -29.6 22 3 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.3 0.63 15 300 9563 -37.8 -41.2 71 3.3 -38.2 87 3 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.3 0.35 16 250 10790 -48.2 -53.0 58 4.8 -48.4 315 8 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 17 200 12238 -53.1 -70.5 10 17.3 -53.5 295 4 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14073 -58.7 -83.8 3 25.1 -58.9 271 19 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16559 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.5 292 11 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.88 m Freezing level: 613.59 mb = 4234.85 m = 13893.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.23 mb = 3887.27 m = 12753.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.35 % Est. max temperature: 24.30 C = 75.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.25 mb = 3463.76 m = 11363.89 ft T: 7.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 1.82 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.82 mb = 5225.87 m = 17145.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6836.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 578.43 mb = 4698.60 m = 15415.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.2 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 82.2 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 110.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 29.93 m/s