MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 82 1 950 531 2 900 1011 3 850 1512 SFC 828 1741 19.2 4.7 38 14.5 10.7 170 4 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.4 6.46 5 800 2037 19.7 1.7 30 18.1 9.6 163 9 312.2 313.2 291.5 329.1 5.40 6 750 2587 14.4 0.7 39 13.8 6.9 173 6 312.2 313.3 291.5 329.0 5.35 7 700 3163 9.6 -1.6 46 11.2 3.8 254 4 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.5 4.87 8 650 3775 6.9 -12.0 25 18.9 -1.0 273 6 316.8 317.3 290.2 324.6 2.35 9 600 4427 2.1 -29.5 7 31.6 -6.7 280 7 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.6 0.55 10 550 5121 -3.3 -46.3 2 43.1 -11.0 285 9 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.11 11 500 5865 -9.3 -38.9 7 29.6 -15.0 300 7 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.6 0.26 12 450 6671 -13.9 -50.1 3 36.2 -18.8 54 3 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.09 13 400 7555 -19.0 -57.2 2 38.1 -22.9 142 12 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.04 14 350 8534 -26.1 -49.7 9 23.5 -28.6 135 26 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 15 300 9629 -35.0 -56.0 10 21.0 -36.3 140 21 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.06 16 250 10876 -44.0 -60.8 14 16.8 -44.6 177 12 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 17 200 12340 -53.3 -69.3 12 16.1 -53.5 250 9 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14161 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.4 306 30 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16616 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 332 15 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.09 m Freezing level: 580.10 mb = 4703.10 m = 15429.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.77 mb = 3639.77 m = 11941.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.88 % Est. max temperature: 25.01 C = 77.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.19 mb = 3572.31 m = 11720.05 ft T: 7.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 8.53 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 550.20 mb = 5118.18 m = 16791.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lifted Index: 2.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6094.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 615.98 mb = 4212.88 m = 13821.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 10.17 m/s