MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 112 1 950 563 2 900 1040 3 850 1538 SFC 830 1742 22.0 6.4 37 15.5 12.5 147 2 311.2 312.6 292.7 333.8 7.30 5 800 2059 17.3 4.5 43 12.7 9.9 147 2 309.5 310.8 291.7 330.0 6.63 6 750 2605 13.0 -2.3 35 15.2 5.1 319 3 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.2 4.31 7 700 3180 9.1 -10.5 24 19.6 0.6 341 6 312.5 313.0 288.9 320.5 2.45 8 650 3790 6.5 -32.9 4 39.3 -4.1 0 7 316.3 316.3 287.9 317.6 0.37 9 600 4440 2.2 -28.8 8 31.0 -6.5 13 7 318.7 318.8 289.0 320.8 0.59 10 550 5134 -3.6 -32.1 9 28.4 -10.6 359 9 319.8 319.8 289.2 321.5 0.47 11 500 5877 -9.5 -39.1 7 29.5 -15.1 332 10 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.26 12 450 6681 -15.1 -44.8 6 29.7 -19.5 202 1 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.16 13 400 7562 -19.5 -54.2 3 34.6 -23.3 101 16 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.06 14 350 8541 -26.1 -53.3 6 27.1 -28.6 87 28 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 15 300 9635 -35.0 -56.8 9 21.8 -36.3 81 31 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.06 16 250 10882 -43.7 -63.2 10 19.5 -44.5 71 18 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.03 17 200 12347 -53.5 -70.2 11 16.6 -53.8 345 8 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 14161 -61.5 -79.0 8 17.5 -61.7 324 21 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16623 -69.3 -84.6 9 15.2 -69.4 331 25 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.15 m Freezing level: 580.97 mb = 4704.20 m = 15433.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.62 mb = 3255.27 m = 10679.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.44 mb = 3671.03 m = 12043.91 ft T: 6.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 16.23 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 556.15 mb = 5045.42 m = 16553.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: 2.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6051.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 629.82 mb = 4046.02 m = 13274.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.8 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 44.8 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 9.49 m/s