MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 94 1 950 543 2 900 1018 3 850 1516 SFC 828 1741 16.7 3.0 40 13.7 9.0 224 3 306.0 307.0 289.8 323.4 5.73 5 800 2037 18.6 0.7 30 17.9 8.8 170 14 311.0 312.0 290.8 326.8 5.04 6 750 2585 13.9 -0.5 37 14.4 6.2 198 7 311.7 312.6 290.9 327.2 4.92 7 700 3162 10.2 -4.7 35 14.8 2.8 237 11 313.7 314.5 290.6 326.1 3.87 8 650 3774 7.0 -8.0 34 14.9 0.1 272 7 316.8 317.5 290.9 327.3 3.22 9 600 4425 2.0 -18.3 21 20.3 -5.3 283 8 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.5 1.50 10 550 5119 -3.5 -31.9 9 28.4 -10.5 288 8 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.6 0.48 11 500 5863 -9.3 -37.7 8 28.4 -14.9 290 3 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.30 12 450 6669 -13.5 -49.9 3 36.3 -18.6 122 7 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.09 13 400 7555 -18.6 -56.9 2 38.3 -22.7 170 17 330.7 330.8 292.0 330.9 0.04 14 350 8535 -26.3 -49.9 9 23.6 -28.7 156 25 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 15 300 9628 -35.3 -51.8 17 16.5 -36.5 161 23 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.11 16 250 10872 -44.7 -62.7 12 17.9 -45.4 190 18 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.03 17 200 12333 -53.2 -70.5 10 17.3 -53.5 236 13 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14155 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.2 301 31 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16605 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 326 11 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.88 m Freezing level: 582.27 mb = 4671.44 m = 15326.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.27 mb = 3783.31 m = 12412.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.36 mb = 3482.38 m = 11424.99 ft T: 8.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 1.09 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 540.04 mb = 5261.79 m = 17262.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7055.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 612.80 mb = 4253.75 m = 13955.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -4.5 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.27 Bulk Shear: 5.08 m/s