MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F041.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F041.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 41 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 81 1 950 529 2 900 1008 3 850 1509 SFC 828 1741 22.5 8.4 41 14.0 13.6 136 8 312.1 313.7 293.9 338.0 8.40 5 800 2034 18.9 7.1 46 11.9 11.6 138 10 311.3 312.8 293.3 335.8 7.91 6 750 2583 13.5 5.9 60 7.6 9.0 138 10 311.3 312.7 293.2 335.4 7.81 7 700 3159 9.2 -4.1 39 13.3 2.6 174 10 312.6 313.4 290.4 325.4 4.02 8 650 3768 4.1 -3.2 59 7.2 0.4 187 11 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.3 4.67 9 600 4412 -0.9 -14.3 35 13.4 -6.0 196 10 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.9 2.10 10 550 5101 -5.0 -17.2 38 12.2 -9.2 229 8 318.1 318.5 290.0 324.2 1.80 11 500 5843 -9.8 -18.6 48 8.9 -12.6 214 5 321.2 321.5 290.9 327.1 1.76 12 450 6646 -15.8 -23.8 50 8.0 -17.9 177 6 323.4 323.7 291.1 327.8 1.25 13 400 7522 -22.2 -29.7 51 7.4 -23.8 195 8 326.1 326.2 291.5 329.0 0.81 14 350 8490 -29.1 -38.3 41 9.1 -30.4 179 5 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.40 15 300 9573 -37.5 -51.0 23 13.5 -38.4 201 8 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.12 16 250 10804 -46.8 -53.9 45 7.0 -47.1 197 15 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 17 200 12256 -53.7 -65.1 23 11.5 -53.9 179 10 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 18 150 14081 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.1 209 13 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16568 -67.0 -85.3 6 18.4 -67.1 237 13 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.01 m Freezing level: 609.50 mb = 4289.69 m = 14073.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.66 mb = 3809.13 m = 12496.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.40 C = 74.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.15 mb = 3492.54 m = 11458.34 ft T: 6.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.65 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.02 mb = 3829.64 m = 12564.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.01 C = 75.22 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 257.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.94 mb = 3581.07 m = 11748.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.94 mb = 4279.85 m = 14041.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.94 mb = 10040.09 m = 32939.51 ft B at Equ Level: 256.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.94 mb = 11940.80 m = 39175.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.6 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 213.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 41.06 Bulk Shear: 6.28 m/s