MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 136 1 950 580 2 900 1046 3 850 1534 SFC 829 1741 13.9 5.1 55 8.8 8.9 358 12 302.8 304.1 289.6 322.8 6.67 5 800 2045 13.6 3.7 51 9.9 8.0 6 23 305.7 306.8 290.2 324.7 6.24 6 750 2589 14.7 -4.1 27 18.8 5.3 80 8 312.6 313.3 290.2 324.6 3.77 7 700 3167 9.7 -6.2 32 16.0 2.1 130 14 313.3 313.9 290.0 324.3 3.43 8 650 3775 4.2 -5.1 51 9.3 -0.3 142 13 313.7 314.4 290.7 326.5 4.01 9 600 4420 -1.5 -8.1 61 6.6 -4.4 117 9 314.3 315.0 290.4 325.5 3.46 10 550 5105 -6.8 -11.5 69 4.7 -8.7 108 6 316.1 316.6 290.4 325.5 2.88 11 500 5843 -11.1 -14.9 74 3.7 -12.5 183 2 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.5 2.41 12 450 6644 -16.0 -22.6 57 6.6 -17.8 349 3 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.0 1.39 13 400 7520 -22.4 -26.1 72 3.7 -23.3 63 2 325.8 326.0 291.7 329.8 1.14 14 350 8488 -28.9 -33.4 65 4.4 -29.6 96 7 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.1 0.65 15 300 9570 -38.1 -41.1 73 3.1 -38.4 109 7 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.35 16 250 10797 -47.5 -55.4 40 7.9 -47.7 49 7 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.08 17 200 12248 -54.0 -70.5 11 16.6 -54.2 91 3 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 14073 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.5 270 6 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16559 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 254 14 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.28 m Freezing level: 613.47 mb = 4246.15 m = 13930.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.69 mb = 3703.87 m = 12151.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.25 % Est. max temperature: 23.97 C = 75.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.51 mb = 2855.63 m = 9368.74 ft T: 12.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 0.40 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.64 mb = 4664.56 m = 15303.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 2.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.28 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7072.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.62 mb = 3968.18 m = 13018.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.0 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 124.0 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.3 neg: -6.2 tot: 113.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 51.01 m/s