MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 124 1 950 570 2 900 1044 3 850 1538 SFC 830 1742 20.0 5.9 40 14.1 11.6 129 2 309.2 310.5 291.9 330.9 7.05 5 800 2057 15.4 4.5 48 11.0 9.1 119 1 307.6 308.8 291.1 327.8 6.60 6 750 2600 11.9 0.9 47 10.9 5.9 130 7 309.4 310.5 290.7 326.4 5.46 7 700 3174 8.6 0.0 55 8.5 4.0 148 14 312.0 313.0 291.5 329.1 5.48 8 650 3782 3.8 -9.0 39 12.8 -1.7 147 14 313.3 313.9 289.6 322.9 2.98 9 600 4425 -1.8 -9.6 55 7.8 -5.1 136 12 314.1 314.7 290.0 324.0 3.08 10 550 5110 -7.0 -12.0 68 5.0 -8.9 134 10 315.7 316.3 290.2 324.8 2.77 11 500 5848 -10.9 -15.7 68 4.8 -12.6 179 3 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.2 2.24 12 450 6649 -16.1 -22.2 60 6.0 -17.8 44 3 322.9 323.2 291.1 327.9 1.44 13 400 7524 -22.6 -26.0 73 3.5 -23.4 151 4 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.7 1.15 14 350 8491 -29.1 -32.8 70 3.7 -29.7 154 7 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.0 0.69 15 300 9573 -38.2 -42.1 67 3.9 -38.5 117 12 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.32 16 250 10800 -47.6 -55.5 40 7.9 -47.9 112 16 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.08 17 200 12249 -53.9 -68.8 14 15.0 -54.1 91 9 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14075 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 206 9 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16562 -67.6 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 262 15 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.68 m Freezing level: 615.67 mb = 4223.47 m = 13856.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.13 mb = 3593.06 m = 11788.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.62 % Est. max temperature: 23.14 C = 73.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.95 mb = 3497.37 m = 11474.18 ft T: 6.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 4.50 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.79 mb = 4255.54 m = 13961.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.48 C = 76.06 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5727.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.96 mb = 3694.40 m = 12120.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 139.1 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 169.1 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: -8.1 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.24 Bulk Shear: 3.75 m/s