MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 98 1 950 542 2 900 1015 3 850 1510 SFC 827 1740 13.9 0.8 41 13.1 7.0 228 5 303.0 303.9 288.1 317.9 4.91 5 800 2029 17.1 -2.0 27 19.1 7.2 191 15 309.4 310.2 289.5 322.4 4.13 6 750 2575 13.5 -0.8 37 14.4 5.9 213 14 311.3 312.2 290.6 326.3 4.79 7 700 3151 10.3 -1.6 43 11.9 4.1 240 12 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.3 4.87 8 650 3764 7.0 -9.5 30 16.4 -0.4 267 8 316.8 317.4 290.6 326.2 2.87 9 600 4415 1.2 -14.4 30 15.6 -4.8 274 7 317.6 318.0 290.1 324.5 2.09 10 550 5107 -3.9 -33.5 8 29.6 -10.8 241 6 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.0 0.41 11 500 5850 -9.2 -42.2 5 33.0 -15.0 215 8 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.5 0.19 12 450 6657 -13.6 -53.4 2 39.8 -18.6 164 13 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.06 13 400 7542 -19.0 -57.1 2 38.2 -22.9 192 21 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.04 14 350 8520 -27.0 -53.9 6 26.9 -29.3 181 26 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 15 300 9613 -35.6 -51.5 18 16.0 -36.7 179 31 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.11 16 250 10852 -45.4 -58.8 21 13.4 -45.9 192 26 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.06 17 200 12314 -52.2 -71.1 9 18.9 -52.6 230 18 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14139 -61.5 -80.8 6 19.2 -61.7 295 19 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16597 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 274 14 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.35 m Freezing level: 587.76 mb = 4584.17 m = 15039.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.38 mb = 3708.63 m = 12167.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.56 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.74 mb = 3406.45 m = 11175.90 ft T: 8.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 527.34 mb = 5435.09 m = 17831.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.84 F Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lifted Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8204.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 610.15 mb = 4278.37 m = 14036.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 30.23 Bulk Shear: 1.04 m/s