MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 86 1 950 540 2 900 1008 3 850 1497 SFC 826 1741 9.8 3.0 63 6.8 6.2 30 5 298.9 299.9 287.4 316.0 5.77 5 800 2010 17.0 1.4 35 15.6 8.4 198 10 309.3 310.3 290.5 325.7 5.30 6 750 2557 14.2 1.3 42 12.9 7.1 227 12 312.0 313.1 291.6 329.6 5.62 7 700 3137 11.3 -1.9 40 13.1 4.4 262 11 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.1 4.77 8 650 3749 6.2 -5.1 44 11.4 0.7 260 9 316.0 316.8 291.4 329.0 4.02 9 600 4399 0.8 -13.6 33 14.4 -4.8 250 11 317.1 317.5 290.1 324.5 2.24 10 550 5090 -4.2 -21.7 24 17.4 -9.7 247 16 319.1 319.3 289.8 323.3 1.23 11 500 5833 -9.3 -42.4 5 33.1 -15.1 243 16 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.18 12 450 6638 -15.1 -48.5 4 33.3 -19.6 212 17 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.6 0.10 13 400 7518 -19.8 -57.7 2 37.9 -23.5 191 18 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.04 14 350 8493 -27.5 -59.8 3 32.3 -29.9 195 24 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.03 15 300 9582 -36.2 -61.1 6 24.9 -37.4 203 27 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.03 16 250 10820 -45.7 -64.1 11 18.4 -46.2 215 25 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12280 -52.0 -72.7 7 20.8 -52.3 236 20 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14108 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.7 249 15 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16568 -69.1 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.1 298 20 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.14 m Freezing level: 591.78 mb = 4512.40 m = 14804.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.51 mb = 3830.79 m = 12568.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.87 mb = 2614.92 m = 8579.02 ft T: 13.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 561.72 mb = 4922.75 m = 16150.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.45 C = 83.22 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.86 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6939.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.28 mb = 3947.98 m = 12952.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.52 Bulk Shear: 7.31 m/s