MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 90 1 950 533 2 900 1006 3 850 1500 SFC 826 1741 12.1 1.2 47 10.9 6.4 43 3 301.3 302.2 287.6 316.5 5.05 5 800 2016 16.9 0.9 34 16.0 8.2 195 14 309.2 310.1 290.3 325.0 5.10 6 750 2563 13.6 2.3 46 11.3 7.3 217 14 311.3 312.5 291.7 330.1 6.04 7 700 3141 11.2 -1.8 40 13.1 4.4 256 11 314.9 315.9 291.7 330.1 4.78 8 650 3754 6.4 -5.8 41 12.3 0.5 265 8 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.6 3.81 9 600 4403 1.0 -16.3 26 17.3 -5.4 258 10 317.3 317.7 289.8 323.3 1.78 10 550 5095 -4.2 -30.5 11 26.3 -10.8 242 14 319.2 319.3 289.1 321.1 0.55 11 500 5838 -9.3 -44.2 4 34.9 -15.1 240 16 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.15 12 450 6643 -14.9 -46.3 5 31.4 -19.4 208 17 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.13 13 400 7524 -20.0 -57.8 2 37.9 -23.7 190 18 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 14 350 8499 -27.3 -57.5 4 30.2 -29.7 189 27 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.05 15 300 9588 -36.2 -62.4 5 26.2 -37.4 195 28 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.03 16 250 10827 -45.5 -62.6 13 17.2 -46.0 205 28 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12287 -51.9 -71.6 8 19.8 -52.2 226 19 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14115 -60.7 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.8 275 16 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16573 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 294 21 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.73 m Freezing level: 589.98 mb = 4541.98 m = 14901.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.38 mb = 3811.69 m = 12505.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.98 mb = 3140.86 m = 10304.54 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 560.94 mb = 4938.48 m = 16202.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6839.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.58 mb = 3935.77 m = 12912.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 96.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.45 Bulk Shear: 5.85 m/s