MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 88 1 950 537 2 900 1014 3 850 1514 SFC 828 1741 17.7 3.9 40 13.7 9.8 206 4 307.0 308.1 290.5 325.7 6.13 5 800 2037 19.3 1.3 30 18.0 9.3 168 12 311.8 312.8 291.2 328.3 5.27 6 750 2587 14.1 0.4 39 13.8 6.6 186 7 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.4 5.25 7 700 3163 9.8 -2.0 43 11.9 3.7 249 7 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.3 4.71 8 650 3775 7.1 -10.5 27 17.6 -0.6 273 7 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.8 2.65 9 600 4427 2.1 -20.8 17 22.9 -5.7 276 9 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.6 1.21 10 550 5121 -3.4 -35.7 6 32.3 -10.7 284 10 320.0 320.1 289.1 321.2 0.33 11 500 5864 -9.4 -37.7 8 28.3 -15.0 299 6 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.6 0.30 12 450 6670 -13.8 -50.0 3 36.2 -18.7 93 4 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.09 13 400 7555 -18.8 -57.1 2 38.2 -22.8 155 13 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.04 14 350 8535 -26.2 -49.8 9 23.5 -28.6 144 25 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 15 300 9629 -35.2 -54.6 12 19.5 -36.4 149 21 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.08 16 250 10874 -44.2 -65.3 8 21.1 -44.8 182 14 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.02 17 200 12339 -53.1 -69.7 11 16.7 -53.4 240 11 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14162 -61.4 -80.7 6 19.2 -61.6 301 30 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16613 -69.7 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 337 13 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.40 m Freezing level: 581.34 mb = 4685.90 m = 15373.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.62 mb = 3691.71 m = 12111.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.70 mb = 3479.44 m = 11415.36 ft T: 8.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 7.17 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 548.34 mb = 5144.55 m = 16878.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lifted Index: 2.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6306.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 616.71 mb = 4203.26 m = 13790.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -3.2 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.96 Bulk Shear: 9.27 m/s