MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 91 1 950 541 2 900 1019 3 850 1520 SFC 829 1742 23.0 7.9 38 15.1 13.6 142 7 312.5 314.0 293.7 337.7 8.11 5 800 2043 18.3 6.5 46 11.8 11.2 141 8 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.2 7.62 6 750 2591 12.8 5.5 61 7.3 8.5 140 8 310.5 311.9 292.7 333.9 7.57 7 700 3166 9.0 -3.3 42 12.2 2.8 153 9 312.4 313.2 290.6 325.9 4.28 8 650 3775 4.4 -11.0 32 15.4 -2.0 165 11 314.0 314.5 289.5 322.2 2.54 9 600 4419 -1.5 -12.1 44 10.7 -5.7 172 11 314.4 314.9 289.5 322.6 2.51 10 550 5105 -5.9 -18.9 35 12.9 -10.2 204 9 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.3 1.56 11 500 5844 -10.4 -16.0 64 5.5 -12.4 211 6 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.7 2.20 12 450 6647 -15.9 -22.7 56 6.8 -17.8 155 4 323.2 323.5 291.1 327.9 1.37 13 400 7522 -22.6 -32.6 40 9.9 -24.4 166 7 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.8 0.62 14 350 8489 -29.3 -34.3 62 5.0 -30.1 165 5 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.60 15 300 9571 -37.7 -45.6 43 8.0 -38.3 143 12 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.22 16 250 10801 -47.1 -58.5 26 11.5 -47.4 182 11 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.06 17 200 12254 -53.3 -70.0 11 16.6 -53.7 145 11 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14083 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 226 12 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16572 -67.3 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 238 12 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.03 m Freezing level: 612.35 mb = 4259.67 m = 13975.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.88 mb = 3515.00 m = 11532.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.29 % Est. max temperature: 23.53 C = 74.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.08 mb = 3611.00 m = 11846.98 ft T: 5.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 15.41 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.50 mb = 3930.87 m = 12896.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 218.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.68 mb = 3578.95 m = 11741.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.68 mb = 4276.89 m = 14031.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.68 mb = 9555.69 m = 31350.31 ft B at Equ Level: 217.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.68 mb = 11613.48 m = 38101.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.0 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 200.0 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 108.39 Bulk Shear: 2.01 m/s