MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 105 1 950 554 2 900 1030 3 850 1528 SFC 829 1742 22.1 7.1 38 15.0 12.9 143 6 311.5 312.9 293.1 335.1 7.64 5 800 2050 17.2 5.7 47 11.4 10.3 144 6 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.5 7.20 6 750 2595 12.1 5.3 63 6.7 8.1 143 8 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.7 7.48 7 700 3170 8.6 -2.3 46 10.9 3.1 156 10 312.1 312.9 290.7 326.6 4.61 8 650 3778 4.2 -7.7 41 11.9 -1.2 151 12 313.8 314.4 290.1 324.4 3.30 9 600 4422 -1.7 -9.2 57 7.4 -4.9 154 12 314.1 314.7 290.0 324.3 3.18 10 550 5107 -6.5 -18.1 39 11.5 -10.4 172 10 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.9 1.67 11 500 5845 -10.6 -17.8 56 7.2 -13.0 210 5 320.1 320.4 290.7 326.4 1.89 12 450 6647 -16.0 -22.8 55 6.9 -17.9 92 2 323.2 323.4 291.1 327.9 1.35 13 400 7522 -22.7 -25.2 80 2.5 -23.3 156 5 325.4 325.7 291.6 329.7 1.23 14 350 8488 -29.3 -32.5 74 3.1 -29.9 147 6 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.71 15 300 9570 -37.9 -42.7 61 4.8 -38.3 135 17 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.30 16 250 10799 -47.4 -56.4 35 9.0 -47.7 136 15 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12251 -53.5 -69.0 13 15.5 -53.7 114 11 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14079 -58.4 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 218 12 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16565 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 255 12 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.06 m Freezing level: 614.56 mb = 4234.16 m = 13891.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.65 mb = 3607.17 m = 11834.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.90 % Est. max temperature: 23.30 C = 73.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.71 mb = 3606.54 m = 11832.34 ft T: 5.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 10.76 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.16 mb = 3963.51 m = 13003.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.37 C = 75.86 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.27 mb = 3525.83 m = 11567.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.27 mb = 4483.97 m = 14710.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.27 mb = 8380.08 m = 27493.37 ft B at Equ Level: 90.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.27 mb = 10399.48 m = 34118.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 187.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 129.46 Bulk Shear: 0.71 m/s