MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 85 1 950 541 2 900 1008 3 850 1496 SFC 826 1740 10.2 2.2 57 8.1 6.0 13 5 299.3 300.3 287.2 315.5 5.42 5 800 2008 16.9 0.7 33 16.2 8.1 204 6 309.2 310.1 290.2 324.8 5.04 6 750 2556 14.8 0.1 37 14.6 6.8 244 10 312.6 313.6 291.4 328.8 5.16 7 700 3136 11.4 -3.1 36 14.5 3.9 269 12 315.1 315.9 291.4 328.9 4.33 8 650 3748 6.1 -5.3 44 11.3 0.5 261 12 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.6 3.97 9 600 4397 0.5 -9.8 46 10.3 -3.9 259 12 316.7 317.3 290.7 326.6 3.03 10 550 5088 -4.1 -31.2 10 27.1 -10.8 249 17 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.1 0.52 11 500 5830 -9.7 -35.9 10 26.2 -15.0 248 17 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.5 0.36 12 450 6634 -15.3 -48.6 4 33.3 -19.7 219 17 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.5 0.10 13 400 7514 -20.0 -57.8 2 37.9 -23.7 192 20 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 14 350 8488 -27.8 -58.0 4 30.3 -30.0 200 24 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.04 15 300 9576 -36.5 -60.0 7 23.6 -37.7 210 25 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 16 250 10812 -46.0 -62.0 15 15.9 -46.6 232 18 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.04 17 200 12270 -52.0 -70.2 10 18.1 -52.4 225 18 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14101 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.7 242 19 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16567 -68.2 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 298 19 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.39 m Freezing level: 594.18 mb = 4477.19 m = 14688.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.86 mb = 3825.05 m = 12549.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.19 % Est. max temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.39 mb = 2778.38 m = 9115.31 ft T: 13.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 548.05 mb = 5115.86 m = 16784.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lifted Index: 3.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7328.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 622.35 mb = 4100.34 m = 13452.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -3.6 tot: 18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.84 Bulk Shear: 10.04 m/s