MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 100 1 950 546 2 900 1020 3 850 1515 SFC 828 1740 14.0 1.3 42 12.7 7.2 230 5 303.1 304.0 288.2 318.5 5.08 5 800 2034 17.4 -0.8 29 18.2 7.8 191 14 309.7 310.6 289.9 323.8 4.51 6 750 2580 13.7 -1.1 36 14.8 5.9 215 14 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.3 4.72 7 700 3157 9.9 -0.2 49 10.1 4.5 240 13 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.4 5.38 8 650 3770 7.0 -8.9 31 15.9 -0.2 273 8 316.9 317.5 290.8 326.7 3.00 9 600 4421 1.4 -13.3 32 14.7 -4.4 282 6 317.8 318.2 290.4 325.4 2.28 10 550 5113 -3.8 -31.1 10 27.2 -10.6 262 5 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.4 0.52 11 500 5856 -9.3 -42.2 5 33.0 -15.0 212 5 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.5 0.19 12 450 6663 -13.6 -53.1 2 39.5 -18.6 151 12 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.06 13 400 7548 -18.7 -57.0 2 38.2 -22.7 186 20 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.04 14 350 8527 -26.7 -51.3 8 24.5 -29.1 170 26 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 15 300 9620 -35.5 -50.5 20 15.1 -36.6 173 29 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 16 250 10861 -45.0 -61.6 14 16.7 -45.5 194 26 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 17 200 12323 -52.9 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.2 226 17 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14146 -61.9 -82.0 5 20.1 -62.1 302 22 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16601 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 287 11 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.66 m Freezing level: 586.37 mb = 4609.36 m = 15122.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.69 mb = 3748.32 m = 12297.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.42 % Est. max temperature: 25.25 C = 77.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.48 mb = 3354.34 m = 11004.91 ft T: 8.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 532.81 mb = 5360.83 m = 17587.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 6.76 C Lifted Index: 4.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7655.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 613.06 mb = 4245.48 m = 13928.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 39.05 Bulk Shear: 0.82 m/s