MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 158 1 950 603 2 900 1068 3 850 1554 SFC 831 1740 10.3 6.3 76 4.1 8.0 352 3 298.9 300.2 288.8 320.1 7.20 5 800 2066 14.3 3.6 49 10.7 8.3 31 4 306.4 307.5 290.3 325.3 6.21 6 750 2609 12.0 2.1 51 9.9 6.6 9 5 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.1 5.96 7 700 3182 8.0 -4.5 41 12.5 1.9 348 7 311.3 312.0 289.9 323.6 3.90 8 650 3790 5.9 -27.5 7 33.4 -4.1 352 11 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.7 0.61 9 600 4439 1.7 -32.1 6 33.7 -7.1 360 10 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.6 0.43 10 550 5133 -3.4 -33.1 8 29.6 -10.5 2 13 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.5 0.43 11 500 5876 -10.0 -39.4 7 29.4 -15.4 0 12 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.8 0.25 12 450 6677 -16.4 -42.1 9 25.7 -20.3 47 10 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.21 13 400 7553 -20.7 -58.4 2 37.6 -24.2 73 21 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.04 14 350 8529 -27.1 -55.5 5 28.4 -29.4 66 28 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.06 15 300 9621 -35.0 -61.6 5 26.6 -36.5 58 29 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 16 250 10869 -43.7 -64.9 8 21.2 -44.4 33 24 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12335 -53.8 -69.8 12 16.0 -54.1 16 20 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14147 -62.1 -78.8 9 16.7 -62.3 341 26 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16612 -67.6 -85.0 7 17.4 -67.7 322 23 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.30 m Freezing level: 583.82 mb = 4663.60 m = 15300.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.07 mb = 3370.85 m = 11059.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.35 % Est. max temperature: 23.60 C = 74.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.48 mb = 2262.92 m = 7424.20 ft T: 13.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 10.35 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 571.97 mb = 4820.54 m = 15815.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.20 F Cap Strength: 6.48 C Lifted Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6952.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.26 mb = 3465.04 m = 11368.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 20.8 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 50.8 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.87 Bulk Shear: 5.59 m/s