MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 83 1 950 532 2 900 1011 3 850 1512 SFC 828 1742 22.9 8.3 39 14.6 13.7 139 7 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.4 8.35 5 800 2037 18.7 6.9 46 11.8 11.5 139 8 311.1 312.6 293.1 335.3 7.83 6 750 2585 13.3 6.0 61 7.4 8.9 138 8 311.0 312.5 293.1 335.2 7.83 7 700 3161 9.1 -3.3 42 12.4 2.8 159 9 312.5 313.3 290.6 326.1 4.28 8 650 3770 4.2 -3.7 57 7.8 0.3 180 11 313.7 314.5 291.1 327.9 4.49 9 600 4414 -1.3 -12.5 42 11.3 -5.7 185 10 314.7 315.1 289.6 322.6 2.43 10 550 5101 -5.5 -15.5 45 9.9 -9.1 218 9 317.5 317.9 290.1 324.4 2.08 11 500 5842 -10.0 -16.8 58 6.8 -12.3 209 5 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.7 2.05 12 450 6646 -15.8 -22.4 57 6.6 -17.6 166 5 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.3 1.41 13 400 7522 -22.4 -25.7 74 3.4 -23.1 174 7 325.9 326.2 291.7 330.1 1.18 14 350 8489 -29.0 -38.2 41 9.2 -30.3 165 5 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.40 15 300 9572 -37.5 -48.5 31 10.9 -38.4 180 8 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 16 250 10803 -47.0 -55.5 38 8.4 -47.4 202 13 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.08 17 200 12255 -53.5 -69.0 13 15.5 -53.7 157 10 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14082 -58.3 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.5 228 12 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16571 -67.5 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 237 13 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.99 m Freezing level: 611.56 mb = 4265.08 m = 13992.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.38 mb = 3802.20 m = 12474.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.09 % Est. max temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.23 mb = 3554.86 m = 11662.79 ft T: 5.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 12.31 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.95 mb = 3845.07 m = 12614.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.14 C = 75.45 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 271.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.90 mb = 3571.22 m = 11716.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.90 mb = 4269.11 m = 14006.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.90 mb = 10016.13 m = 32860.92 ft B at Equ Level: 270.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.90 mb = 12225.39 m = 40109.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.2 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 206.2 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 78.24 Bulk Shear: 3.47 m/s