MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 43.05,-108.2 Latitude: 43.05 Longitude: -108.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 537 2 900 1012 3 850 1507 SFC 842 1591 21.4 6.7 39 14.7 12.5 271 1 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.9 7.32 5 800 2026 15.5 4.5 48 11.0 9.2 240 2 307.7 308.9 291.1 327.9 6.60 6 750 2570 11.9 3.0 55 8.9 6.9 211 7 309.4 310.6 291.4 329.0 6.33 7 700 3143 7.6 -0.6 56 8.2 3.3 213 8 310.8 311.8 290.9 327.2 5.23 8 650 3748 3.5 -8.3 42 11.7 -1.7 216 11 312.9 313.5 289.6 323.0 3.15 9 600 4392 -1.1 -13.1 40 12.0 -5.7 218 13 314.9 315.3 289.5 322.5 2.33 10 550 5079 -6.2 -18.1 38 12.0 -10.1 208 15 316.8 317.1 289.5 322.4 1.67 11 500 5817 -11.4 -22.7 38 11.4 -14.6 202 18 319.2 319.4 289.8 323.4 1.23 12 450 6615 -16.9 -30.1 31 13.2 -19.7 214 13 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.5 0.70 13 400 7488 -23.3 -36.9 28 13.5 -25.4 210 14 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.1 0.41 14 350 8448 -31.4 -38.7 49 7.3 -32.3 211 15 326.4 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.38 15 300 9521 -39.8 -48.9 37 9.1 -40.4 209 13 329.3 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.15 16 250 10746 -46.1 -63.9 12 17.8 -46.7 272 2 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12209 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 281 16 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14059 -54.8 -80.7 3 25.9 -55.1 280 20 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16588 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 251 10 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.58 m Freezing level: 611.71 mb = 4241.15 m = 13914.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.35 mb = 3532.97 m = 11590.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.61 % Est. max temperature: 23.07 C = 73.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 676.84 mb = 3417.59 m = 11212.44 ft T: 5.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 6.60 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.75 mb = 4092.53 m = 13426.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5662.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.74 mb = 3503.70 m = 11494.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.0 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 241.0 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -0.5 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 14.38 m/s