MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 109 1 950 555 2 900 1024 3 850 1515 SFC 828 1741 14.5 3.7 48 10.8 8.5 355 15 303.7 304.8 289.3 322.0 6.05 5 800 2029 15.4 2.9 43 12.5 8.4 359 33 307.6 308.7 290.5 325.7 5.90 6 750 2577 15.3 -4.8 25 20.1 5.3 54 12 313.2 313.9 290.2 324.6 3.56 7 700 3156 10.2 -2.1 42 12.3 3.8 95 13 313.7 314.6 291.3 328.5 4.67 8 650 3766 4.2 -2.8 60 7.0 0.7 97 12 313.8 314.7 291.4 329.0 4.81 9 600 4410 -1.6 -6.8 67 5.2 -3.9 98 7 314.3 315.1 290.7 326.6 3.83 10 550 5096 -7.0 -10.0 79 3.0 -8.2 66 3 315.8 316.4 290.7 326.4 3.26 11 500 5834 -10.9 -13.7 80 2.8 -12.0 86 3 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.5 2.64 12 450 6636 -15.7 -22.5 56 6.8 -17.6 340 2 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.3 1.39 13 400 7512 -22.1 -26.4 68 4.3 -23.1 336 2 326.3 326.5 291.8 330.2 1.11 14 350 8481 -28.7 -33.8 61 5.2 -29.5 36 3 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.4 0.63 15 300 9564 -38.0 -42.0 67 3.9 -38.4 135 3 331.8 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.32 16 250 10790 -48.0 -53.4 53 5.5 -48.2 322 8 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 17 200 12241 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.1 263 3 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14070 -59.3 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 287 16 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16555 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 277 10 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.09 m Freezing level: 613.38 mb = 4237.68 m = 13902.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.19 mb = 3862.97 m = 12673.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.29 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.18 mb = 3118.14 m = 10229.98 ft T: 10.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 1.10 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.63 mb = 4764.31 m = 15630.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: 2.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6773.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 615.95 mb = 4198.94 m = 13775.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 51.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 81.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 149.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 62.21 m/s