MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 153 1 950 598 2 900 1062 3 850 1546 SFC 830 1740 7.7 6.5 92 1.2 7.1 8 4 296.2 297.5 287.9 317.6 7.34 5 800 2055 13.5 4.6 55 8.9 8.5 281 2 305.6 306.8 290.5 325.8 6.66 6 750 2597 11.7 2.4 53 9.3 6.5 3 4 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.0 6.07 7 700 3171 8.4 -2.1 48 10.4 3.0 349 10 311.7 312.6 290.7 326.5 4.69 8 650 3779 5.6 -19.9 14 25.5 -3.3 340 11 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.3 1.21 9 600 4428 1.4 -34.3 5 35.6 -7.4 350 10 317.7 317.8 288.4 319.0 0.35 10 550 5121 -3.3 -31.7 9 28.4 -10.3 10 15 320.2 320.3 289.3 322.0 0.49 11 500 5865 -9.9 -34.9 11 25.0 -15.1 10 14 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.3 0.39 12 450 6664 -17.2 -40.8 11 23.5 -20.8 35 13 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.5 0.24 13 400 7536 -22.8 -50.7 6 27.9 -25.7 41 19 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.09 14 350 8505 -27.5 -63.2 2 35.6 -29.9 52 29 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.02 15 300 9597 -34.6 -63.1 4 28.4 -36.1 47 29 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.03 16 250 10850 -42.7 -66.3 6 23.6 -43.6 19 28 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.02 17 200 12319 -52.5 -73.1 7 20.6 -52.8 4 30 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14135 -61.8 -78.6 9 16.7 -62.0 345 30 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16602 -68.2 -84.9 7 16.6 -68.4 319 20 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.18 m Freezing level: 585.29 mb = 4631.78 m = 15195.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.23 mb = 3454.67 m = 11334.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.18 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.49 mb = 1893.49 m = 6212.15 ft T: 10.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 9.00 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.66 mb = 4688.82 m = 15383.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6700.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.92 mb = 3290.25 m = 10794.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.8 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 42.8 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.26 Bulk Shear: 12.32 m/s