MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 38.72,-104.89 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -104.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 597 2 900 1067 3 850 1557 4 800 2072 SFC 761 2486 10.2 2.2 58 7.9 5.8 302 2 306.3 307.4 290.1 324.3 5.92 6 750 2612 10.7 3.0 59 7.7 6.4 245 3 308.2 309.3 291.0 327.6 6.34 7 700 3185 7.7 2.0 67 5.7 4.5 334 10 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.6 6.33 8 650 3792 4.5 -2.7 60 7.1 0.9 335 16 314.0 315.0 291.5 329.4 4.84 9 600 4438 0.2 -29.6 9 29.8 -7.8 342 12 316.3 316.4 288.2 318.2 0.55 10 550 5128 -4.5 -39.6 5 35.1 -11.5 11 12 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.6 0.22 11 500 5870 -10.2 -41.0 6 30.9 -15.6 40 15 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.21 12 450 6669 -17.6 -39.6 13 22.0 -21.1 59 19 321.1 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.27 13 400 7538 -24.0 -49.6 8 25.5 -26.6 44 23 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.10 14 350 8500 -29.8 -59.4 4 29.6 -31.7 40 30 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.7 0.04 15 300 9583 -36.2 -62.6 5 26.3 -37.5 34 30 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 16 250 10831 -41.5 -66.7 5 25.2 -42.5 23 35 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12317 -49.4 -72.9 5 23.6 -49.9 9 36 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14155 -60.5 -78.9 7 18.4 -60.7 332 31 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16629 -67.5 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 328 21 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.48 m Freezing level: 598.20 mb = 4462.50 m = 14640.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.82 mb = 3856.94 m = 12653.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.69 % Est. max temperature: 18.95 C = 66.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.95 mb = 3483.45 m = 11428.50 ft T: 6.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 586.91 mb = 4612.65 m = 15133.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.03 C = 68.05 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.55 mb = 3897.95 m = 12788.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 456.55 mb = 6559.37 m = 21519.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.55 mb = 7784.67 m = 25539.94 ft B at Equ Level: 44.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 336.55 mb = 8775.39 m = 28790.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 27.7 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 57.7 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.1 neg: -8.1 tot: 70.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 42.12 m/s