MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 129 1 950 575 2 900 1046 3 850 1539 SFC 830 1742 18.5 5.6 43 13.0 10.9 360 5 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.6 6.86 5 800 2055 14.1 4.1 51 10.0 8.4 354 7 306.2 307.4 290.5 325.7 6.41 6 750 2598 13.0 -1.3 37 14.3 5.5 119 7 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.1 4.62 7 700 3174 9.1 -3.2 42 12.3 2.9 143 15 312.5 313.3 290.6 326.1 4.30 8 650 3781 3.7 -5.0 53 8.7 -0.4 145 14 313.2 314.0 290.6 326.1 4.06 9 600 4425 -1.9 -7.4 66 5.5 -4.4 128 11 313.9 314.6 290.4 325.5 3.64 10 550 5110 -7.2 -10.1 80 2.8 -8.4 120 10 315.5 316.1 290.6 326.0 3.24 11 500 5847 -11.0 -15.2 71 4.3 -12.5 165 1 319.7 320.1 291.0 327.5 2.34 12 450 6648 -16.0 -23.3 54 7.2 -18.0 33 3 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.6 1.31 13 400 7524 -22.5 -25.8 74 3.4 -23.2 143 4 325.8 326.0 291.7 329.9 1.16 14 350 8491 -28.9 -31.7 77 2.8 -29.4 141 8 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.77 15 300 9573 -38.2 -42.0 67 3.9 -38.5 126 9 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.32 16 250 10800 -47.7 -55.8 39 8.1 -48.1 94 13 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 17 200 12249 -53.7 -69.8 12 16.0 -54.0 92 7 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14075 -58.7 -83.8 3 25.1 -59.0 200 7 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16560 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 263 15 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.37 m Freezing level: 617.13 mb = 4204.20 m = 13793.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.72 mb = 3696.87 m = 12128.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.41 C = 74.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.98 mb = 3363.41 m = 11034.66 ft T: 7.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 3.45 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.44 mb = 4391.92 m = 14409.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.40 C = 75.92 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 2.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6210.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.63 mb = 3810.62 m = 12501.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.0 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 157.0 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.0 neg: -11.4 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 19.33 m/s