MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 123 1 950 568 2 900 1035 3 850 1524 SFC 828 1741 13.3 4.6 56 8.6 8.4 359 15 302.3 303.5 289.2 321.6 6.44 5 800 2036 14.0 3.1 48 10.9 7.9 360 34 306.0 307.2 290.0 324.3 5.98 6 750 2582 15.0 -4.0 27 19.1 5.4 44 12 312.9 313.6 290.3 324.9 3.78 7 700 3160 10.0 -3.2 39 13.2 3.4 101 12 313.6 314.4 290.9 327.3 4.33 8 650 3769 4.4 -8.8 38 13.2 -1.4 109 11 314.0 314.6 289.9 323.8 3.03 9 600 4414 -1.5 -6.5 68 5.1 -3.8 101 6 314.4 315.2 290.8 326.9 3.91 10 550 5100 -6.9 -10.6 75 3.7 -8.4 83 4 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.9 3.09 11 500 5837 -11.1 -13.8 81 2.6 -12.1 127 2 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.2 2.64 12 450 6639 -15.8 -22.0 59 6.2 -17.6 329 3 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.3 1.46 13 400 7515 -22.2 -26.4 69 4.1 -23.2 5 3 326.1 326.3 291.7 330.0 1.11 14 350 8484 -28.7 -34.1 59 5.5 -29.5 70 4 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.4 0.61 15 300 9567 -38.0 -42.8 61 4.8 -38.5 120 5 331.7 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.29 16 250 10793 -47.4 -54.8 42 7.5 -47.7 347 6 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12247 -53.1 -71.1 9 18.0 -53.5 236 2 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14071 -59.2 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.4 296 12 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16553 -67.8 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 263 10 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.22 m Freezing level: 612.34 mb = 4254.69 m = 13958.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.61 mb = 3586.55 m = 11766.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.19 C = 75.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.07 mb = 2841.91 m = 9323.75 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 578.52 mb = 4701.14 m = 15423.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6651.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 629.17 mb = 4031.52 m = 13226.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.9 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 82.9 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 64.47 m/s