MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 39.84,-104.65 Latitude: 39.84 Longitude: -104.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 532 2 900 1012 3 850 1513 SFC 838 1638 23.8 8.2 37 15.6 14.0 130 11 312.4 313.9 293.7 337.7 8.16 5 800 2037 18.6 6.7 46 11.9 11.4 135 13 311.0 312.4 293.0 334.9 7.74 6 750 2585 13.3 4.8 56 8.5 8.3 152 14 311.0 312.4 292.6 333.3 7.22 7 700 3163 10.2 -3.2 39 13.4 3.4 186 18 313.8 314.6 291.0 327.5 4.31 8 650 3773 4.6 -4.8 51 9.3 0.0 183 17 314.1 314.9 290.9 327.2 4.12 9 600 4418 -0.8 -10.7 47 9.8 -4.9 202 16 315.1 315.7 290.0 324.3 2.82 10 550 5106 -5.7 -18.9 34 13.3 -10.0 233 12 317.4 317.7 289.6 322.6 1.56 11 500 5846 -9.8 -23.4 32 13.6 -13.6 237 5 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.2 1.16 12 450 6651 -15.1 -23.9 47 8.8 -17.4 198 6 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.6 1.23 13 400 7530 -21.3 -34.6 29 13.3 -23.6 173 9 327.3 327.5 291.5 329.2 0.51 14 350 8499 -28.8 -46.9 16 18.2 -30.6 183 11 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 15 300 9583 -37.3 -52.7 19 15.4 -38.3 159 11 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10817 -45.7 -63.3 12 17.5 -46.3 124 23 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12276 -54.0 -67.4 18 13.5 -54.2 113 36 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14087 -60.5 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.6 191 10 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16566 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.5 241 17 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.84 m Freezing level: 607.87 mb = 4316.37 m = 14161.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.80 mb = 3775.21 m = 12385.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 665.02 mb = 3584.77 m = 11760.93 ft T: 6.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.06 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.52 mb = 3941.60 m = 12931.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.08 mb = 3596.36 m = 11798.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.08 mb = 4430.03 m = 14534.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.08 mb = 9603.61 m = 31507.51 ft B at Equ Level: 134.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.08 mb = 11109.24 m = 36447.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.4 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 217.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.2 neg: -3.0 tot: 66.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 9.05 Bulk Shear: 14.94 m/s