MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 10Z THU 25 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 159 1 950 604 2 900 1067 3 850 1550 SFC 831 1740 7.7 6.5 92 1.2 7.1 13 4 296.1 297.5 287.9 317.5 7.33 5 800 2059 13.2 5.3 59 7.9 8.7 232 4 305.3 306.6 290.7 326.5 7.02 6 750 2600 11.5 3.2 57 8.3 6.8 342 6 309.0 310.2 291.4 328.8 6.42 7 700 3174 8.7 -2.4 46 11.0 3.0 343 13 312.1 312.9 290.7 326.5 4.59 8 650 3782 5.4 -18.6 16 23.9 -3.2 341 12 315.0 315.3 288.6 319.6 1.36 9 600 4430 1.2 -34.2 5 35.4 -7.5 350 11 317.6 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.35 10 550 5123 -3.1 -32.8 8 29.7 -10.4 12 17 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.9 0.44 11 500 5868 -9.8 -35.7 10 25.9 -15.1 21 14 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.4 0.36 12 450 6667 -17.3 -40.8 11 23.4 -20.9 38 14 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.24 13 400 7538 -23.2 -51.0 6 27.8 -26.1 37 19 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.1 0.09 14 350 8504 -28.3 -60.6 3 32.3 -30.5 44 29 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.03 15 300 9596 -34.5 -63.0 4 28.4 -36.0 42 32 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 16 250 10849 -42.5 -66.2 6 23.6 -43.3 23 30 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 17 200 12321 -51.8 -73.6 6 21.8 -52.1 355 31 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14142 -61.5 -78.2 9 16.8 -61.6 342 32 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16612 -68.0 -84.7 8 16.6 -68.1 318 18 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.57 m Freezing level: 585.80 mb = 4627.32 m = 15181.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.66 mb = 3464.41 m = 11366.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.89 % Est. max temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.65 mb = 1895.50 m = 6218.74 ft T: 10.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 9.95 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 590.62 mb = 4555.89 m = 14946.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.72 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6690.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.84 mb = 3187.61 m = 10457.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.5 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 42.5 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.7 neg: -16.5 tot: 31.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.99 Bulk Shear: 26.36 m/s