MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 91 1 950 533 2 900 1006 3 850 1501 SFC 826 1741 14.0 0.6 40 13.4 6.9 214 0 303.2 304.1 288.1 317.9 4.82 5 800 2018 16.8 1.1 35 15.7 8.2 194 13 309.0 310.0 290.3 325.1 5.19 6 750 2565 13.5 0.8 42 12.7 6.5 216 13 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.1 5.41 7 700 3142 10.9 -1.6 42 12.5 4.3 258 10 314.5 315.5 291.7 330.0 4.87 8 650 3755 6.8 -9.3 31 16.1 -0.4 277 8 316.7 317.3 290.6 326.2 2.91 9 600 4405 1.1 -16.7 25 17.7 -5.4 270 8 317.3 317.7 289.7 323.1 1.73 10 550 5097 -4.0 -27.8 14 23.7 -10.4 248 11 319.3 319.4 289.3 321.8 0.71 11 500 5841 -8.8 -46.5 3 37.7 -14.9 229 14 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.12 12 450 6647 -14.3 -53.9 2 39.6 -19.1 193 17 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.5 0.06 13 400 7530 -19.9 -57.8 2 37.9 -23.5 192 19 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.04 14 350 8505 -27.2 -59.8 3 32.5 -29.6 187 28 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.03 15 300 9595 -36.0 -55.3 12 19.3 -37.1 184 32 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 16 250 10834 -45.4 -62.5 13 17.2 -45.9 193 29 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.03 17 200 12294 -52.2 -71.1 9 18.9 -52.6 219 19 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14124 -60.7 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.8 274 18 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16585 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 284 21 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.54 m Freezing level: 589.71 mb = 4547.55 m = 14919.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3702.31 m = 12146.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.51 mb = 3448.90 m = 11315.15 ft T: 8.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 551.76 mb = 5071.50 m = 16638.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6868.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.13 mb = 4033.07 m = 13231.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.8 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 251.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 38.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.20 Bulk Shear: 4.26 m/s