MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 132 1 950 577 2 900 1045 3 850 1535 SFC 830 1741 16.4 5.3 48 11.1 9.9 0 12 305.4 306.7 290.5 325.8 6.72 5 800 2048 14.1 3.4 48 10.8 8.1 5 18 306.2 307.3 290.2 324.8 6.10 6 750 2593 14.6 -2.4 31 17.0 5.8 107 9 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.9 4.26 7 700 3171 9.5 -5.4 34 14.9 2.4 142 15 313.1 313.8 290.2 324.7 3.66 8 650 3779 4.0 -5.0 52 8.9 -0.3 147 15 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.4 4.07 9 600 4423 -1.7 -9.0 57 7.4 -4.8 128 9 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.6 3.22 10 550 5108 -7.0 -11.9 68 4.9 -8.9 115 7 315.7 316.3 290.2 324.8 2.79 11 500 5845 -11.3 -15.3 72 4.1 -12.7 173 2 319.3 319.8 290.9 327.1 2.32 12 450 6646 -16.0 -23.7 52 7.6 -18.1 13 3 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.4 1.26 13 400 7522 -22.5 -26.0 73 3.5 -23.4 112 3 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.7 1.14 14 350 8489 -28.9 -31.9 75 3.0 -29.4 106 7 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.75 15 300 9571 -38.1 -43.4 58 5.3 -38.6 108 7 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.27 16 250 10798 -47.7 -55.5 40 7.9 -48.0 65 12 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.08 17 200 12248 -53.7 -70.3 11 16.6 -54.1 82 4 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14075 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.5 221 6 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16561 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 259 15 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.48 m Freezing level: 614.71 mb = 4233.34 m = 13888.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.16 mb = 3701.59 m = 12144.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.85 % Est. max temperature: 23.78 C = 74.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.01 mb = 3146.55 m = 10323.20 ft T: 9.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 1.11 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.16 mb = 4566.41 m = 14981.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.04 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6667.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.08 mb = 3965.72 m = 13010.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 144.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.5 neg: -8.3 tot: 105.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 49.73 m/s