MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 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 78 1 950 530 2 900 1010 3 850 1512 SFC 828 1741 21.5 6.2 37 15.3 12.2 155 4 311.0 312.4 292.6 333.2 7.20 5 800 2038 19.9 1.9 30 18.1 9.7 156 7 312.4 313.4 291.6 329.6 5.48 6 750 2588 14.6 1.2 40 13.5 7.2 159 6 312.5 313.5 291.7 329.9 5.56 7 700 3165 9.8 0.5 52 9.3 4.7 287 3 313.3 314.4 292.0 331.1 5.66 8 650 3777 6.6 -7.7 35 14.3 0.0 285 5 316.5 317.1 290.9 327.2 3.31 9 600 4428 2.2 -26.5 10 28.7 -6.3 288 6 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.3 0.73 10 550 5123 -3.3 -36.1 6 32.8 -10.6 296 8 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.4 0.32 11 500 5866 -9.3 -40.4 6 31.1 -15.0 305 8 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.23 12 450 6672 -14.1 -47.7 4 33.6 -18.8 350 3 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.11 13 400 7556 -19.2 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.1 134 9 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.04 14 350 8535 -26.1 -49.7 9 23.6 -28.6 128 24 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 15 300 9630 -35.0 -55.9 10 20.9 -36.3 128 21 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 16 250 10876 -44.1 -63.5 10 19.4 -44.7 158 10 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 17 200 12338 -53.7 -70.2 12 16.6 -53.9 266 7 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14156 -61.5 -82.8 4 21.3 -61.6 310 31 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16614 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 337 16 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.28 m Freezing level: 579.63 mb = 4711.24 m = 15456.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.84 mb = 3779.24 m = 12398.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.54 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.64 mb = 3655.67 m = 11993.53 ft T: 7.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.66 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 557.13 mb = 5019.86 m = 16469.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5493.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 617.77 mb = 4190.92 m = 13749.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 15.41 m/s