MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 114 1 950 561 2 900 1036 3 850 1533 SFC 830 1742 21.4 6.3 38 15.0 12.3 141 4 310.7 312.0 292.5 333.0 7.25 5 800 2053 16.5 4.8 46 11.7 9.6 142 4 308.7 310.0 291.5 329.4 6.73 6 750 2597 11.9 1.6 49 10.3 6.3 163 7 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.3 5.75 7 700 3172 8.6 -1.8 48 10.4 3.2 153 12 312.0 312.9 290.9 327.0 4.78 8 650 3779 4.1 -10.0 35 14.1 -1.9 151 12 313.6 314.2 289.5 322.6 2.76 9 600 4423 -1.8 -10.3 52 8.5 -5.3 146 12 314.1 314.7 289.8 323.5 2.92 10 550 5108 -6.8 -14.9 52 8.1 -9.6 157 11 316.1 316.5 289.8 323.3 2.19 11 500 5847 -10.6 -17.3 58 6.7 -12.9 196 4 320.1 320.4 290.7 326.7 1.97 12 450 6648 -16.0 -22.8 56 6.7 -17.9 57 2 323.1 323.3 291.1 327.8 1.36 13 400 7524 -22.5 -25.5 77 2.9 -23.2 156 5 325.7 325.9 291.7 329.9 1.20 14 350 8490 -29.1 -32.1 76 2.9 -29.6 139 7 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.2 0.74 15 300 9572 -38.0 -43.5 56 5.5 -38.5 129 16 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.27 16 250 10800 -47.3 -56.8 33 9.5 -47.6 125 18 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 17 200 12252 -53.7 -69.3 13 15.5 -54.0 98 11 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14078 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 211 10 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16565 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.5 -68.1 259 14 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.98 m Freezing level: 614.85 mb = 4231.77 m = 13883.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.77 mb = 3545.75 m = 11632.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.99 % Est. max temperature: 23.23 C = 73.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.69 mb = 3608.32 m = 11838.19 ft T: 5.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 10.47 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.82 mb = 4213.64 m = 13824.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.48 C = 76.07 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5615.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.62 mb = 3721.05 m = 12208.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.9 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 182.9 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.02 Bulk Shear: 1.53 m/s