MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F057.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F057.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 38.99,-104.12 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -104.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 517 2 900 998 3 850 1500 SFC 807 1950 22.6 10.2 46 12.3 14.5 139 9 314.4 316.3 295.4 344.7 9.75 5 800 2027 20.3 9.7 51 10.5 13.5 139 9 312.7 314.5 294.8 342.1 9.50 6 750 2579 14.6 8.4 67 6.1 10.7 142 7 312.4 314.2 294.6 341.1 9.29 7 700 3157 9.2 6.2 81 3.0 7.4 217 1 312.7 314.3 294.1 339.1 8.52 8 650 3766 4.1 1.8 85 2.3 2.8 277 3 313.6 314.9 292.9 334.6 6.72 9 600 4413 0.0 -9.2 50 9.2 -4.0 223 8 316.1 316.7 290.7 326.4 3.17 10 550 5103 -4.8 -18.0 35 13.2 -9.3 218 10 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.1 1.69 11 500 5844 -10.3 -20.5 43 10.2 -13.5 216 15 320.4 320.7 290.4 325.5 1.49 12 450 6646 -16.1 -25.6 44 9.6 -18.4 217 18 323.0 323.3 290.8 326.7 1.06 13 400 7521 -22.7 -29.3 55 6.6 -24.0 224 17 325.5 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.85 14 350 8486 -29.4 -42.8 26 13.4 -30.9 213 24 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.25 15 300 9570 -37.2 -54.1 15 17.0 -38.2 214 36 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 16 250 10803 -45.9 -58.9 22 13.0 -46.4 215 37 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.05 17 200 12265 -51.4 -74.6 5 23.2 -51.8 222 31 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14106 -57.2 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.5 276 12 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16617 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 260 6 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.90 m Freezing level: 599.96 mb = 4413.23 m = 14478.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 4029.39 m = 13219.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.05 % Est. max temperature: 21.67 C = 71.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.77 mb = 3483.16 m = 11427.54 ft T: 6.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 20.63 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.07 mb = 3442.93 m = 11295.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.36 C = 70.44 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1027.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.82 mb = 3385.47 m = 11107.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.82 mb = 3568.63 m = 11707.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.82 mb = 11185.68 m = 36697.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1019.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.82 mb = 13862.74 m = 45480.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.5 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 244.5 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -13.5 tot: -9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 55.67 Bulk Shear: 18.46 m/s