MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 98 1 950 548 2 900 1025 3 850 1525 SFC 829 1742 22.6 7.6 38 15.0 13.3 142 7 312.1 313.6 293.5 336.7 7.93 5 800 2048 17.7 6.0 46 11.7 10.7 142 7 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.7 7.35 6 750 2594 12.3 5.0 61 7.3 8.0 140 7 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.5 7.33 7 700 3169 8.7 -2.2 46 10.9 3.1 155 9 312.2 313.1 290.8 326.8 4.66 8 650 3777 4.4 -9.3 36 13.8 -1.6 156 12 314.0 314.5 289.8 323.4 2.90 9 600 4421 -1.7 -9.7 54 8.0 -5.0 161 11 314.2 314.8 290.0 324.1 3.05 10 550 5106 -6.2 -18.1 38 12.0 -10.1 190 9 316.8 317.1 289.5 322.4 1.66 11 500 5845 -10.6 -17.0 60 6.3 -12.8 216 7 320.1 320.4 290.8 326.9 2.02 12 450 6647 -16.0 -22.8 55 6.9 -17.9 139 3 323.2 323.4 291.1 327.9 1.36 13 400 7522 -22.8 -28.4 60 5.6 -24.0 165 6 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.92 14 350 8488 -29.5 -32.9 73 3.3 -30.1 158 6 328.9 329.1 292.1 331.4 0.69 15 300 9571 -37.7 -40.8 72 3.2 -37.9 126 16 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.36 16 250 10800 -47.3 -56.4 35 9.0 -47.7 154 12 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12253 -53.4 -68.9 13 15.5 -53.7 134 12 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14081 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 221 11 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16567 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 247 12 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.90 m Freezing level: 613.54 mb = 4246.47 m = 13931.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3569.09 m = 11709.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.40 % Est. max temperature: 23.43 C = 74.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.47 mb = 3608.51 m = 11838.80 ft T: 5.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 13.28 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.08 mb = 3976.33 m = 13045.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.68 mb = 3568.89 m = 11708.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.68 mb = 4398.42 m = 14430.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.68 mb = 8865.84 m = 29087.06 ft B at Equ Level: 136.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.68 mb = 11020.01 m = 36154.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.7 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 195.7 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 106.25 Bulk Shear: 1.28 m/s