MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1 950 538 2 900 1006 3 850 1497 SFC 826 1740 10.4 2.6 59 7.7 6.3 12 5 299.5 300.5 287.5 316.2 5.61 5 800 2009 16.2 0.7 35 15.5 7.8 266 2 308.4 309.3 290.0 324.0 5.03 6 750 2557 15.0 -0.8 34 15.7 6.5 289 7 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.82 7 700 3137 11.4 -4.7 32 16.1 3.4 279 12 315.2 315.9 291.0 327.5 3.86 8 650 3749 5.9 -7.1 39 13.0 -0.2 272 12 315.6 316.3 290.8 326.8 3.46 9 600 4397 0.3 -13.3 35 13.6 -5.0 264 13 316.5 317.0 290.0 324.1 2.29 10 550 5088 -4.5 -27.3 15 22.9 -10.6 250 16 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.74 11 500 5830 -9.8 -42.7 5 32.8 -15.4 247 17 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.18 12 450 6633 -15.6 -51.3 3 35.7 -20.0 228 17 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.08 13 400 7512 -20.2 -58.0 2 37.8 -23.8 197 21 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.04 14 350 8486 -27.8 -60.2 3 32.4 -30.2 204 26 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.03 15 300 9572 -37.0 -54.2 15 17.3 -38.0 221 22 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 16 250 10807 -46.3 -52.5 49 6.3 -46.6 244 11 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.8 0.12 17 200 12263 -52.1 -65.1 20 13.0 -52.5 209 19 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14094 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.6 241 18 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16569 -67.8 -85.3 7 17.4 -67.9 296 20 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.88 m Freezing level: 596.43 mb = 4446.39 m = 14587.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.18 mb = 3721.30 m = 12208.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.26 % Est. max temperature: 25.43 C = 77.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.25 mb = 2735.18 m = 8973.56 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 6.63 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 547.56 mb = 5122.70 m = 16806.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: 3.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.96 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6765.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 619.87 mb = 4133.22 m = 13560.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -7.3 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.32 Bulk Shear: 21.52 m/s