MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 152 1 950 599 2 900 1066 3 850 1554 SFC 831 1741 15.0 6.4 56 8.6 10.0 344 3 303.8 305.2 290.5 325.7 7.27 5 800 2066 14.8 3.6 47 11.2 8.5 22 4 307.0 308.1 290.6 326.0 6.21 6 750 2610 12.0 0.8 46 11.3 5.9 352 4 309.6 310.7 290.7 326.4 5.39 7 700 3183 8.2 -5.7 37 13.9 1.6 336 6 311.5 312.2 289.6 322.8 3.56 8 650 3791 6.0 -29.0 6 34.9 -4.1 358 9 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.6 0.54 9 600 4441 1.7 -29.1 8 30.8 -6.8 4 10 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.2 0.57 10 550 5135 -3.4 -33.1 8 29.6 -10.5 2 13 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.5 0.43 11 500 5878 -9.9 -38.1 8 28.1 -15.3 355 12 320.9 321.0 289.3 322.0 0.29 12 450 6679 -16.1 -42.9 8 26.8 -20.1 51 8 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.19 13 400 7557 -20.1 -58.0 2 37.8 -23.8 74 21 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.04 14 350 8533 -27.1 -55.6 5 28.4 -29.5 70 27 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 15 300 9626 -35.0 -60.1 6 25.1 -36.4 63 28 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.04 16 250 10872 -43.7 -64.9 8 21.2 -44.5 41 23 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 17 200 12337 -54.1 -70.6 11 16.5 -54.4 27 16 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 14148 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.3 340 25 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16613 -67.2 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 322 22 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.25 m Freezing level: 583.22 mb = 4673.65 m = 15333.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.05 mb = 3348.31 m = 10985.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.50 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.42 mb = 2829.86 m = 9284.21 ft T: 10.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 8.79 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.94 mb = 4920.86 m = 16144.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Cap Strength: 6.46 C Lifted Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7299.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.42 mb = 3648.38 m = 11969.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 20.2 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 50.2 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.64 Bulk Shear: 5.36 m/s