MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 87 1 950 538 2 900 1007 3 850 1498 SFC 826 1740 10.5 2.6 58 7.8 6.3 13 5 299.6 300.6 287.5 316.3 5.60 5 800 2011 16.6 0.7 34 16.0 8.0 306 3 308.9 309.8 290.1 324.5 5.03 6 750 2559 15.2 -0.1 35 15.3 6.9 278 8 313.0 314.0 291.4 329.0 5.05 7 700 3139 11.1 -3.3 36 14.4 3.8 268 12 314.8 315.6 291.3 328.5 4.28 8 650 3750 5.7 -7.3 39 12.9 -0.3 262 13 315.4 316.0 290.7 326.4 3.40 9 600 4397 0.1 -14.3 33 14.4 -5.4 259 13 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.2 2.10 10 550 5088 -4.6 -29.0 13 24.5 -10.9 247 16 318.7 318.8 289.0 320.9 0.63 11 500 5829 -9.9 -41.2 6 31.3 -15.4 249 15 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.7 0.21 12 450 6632 -15.3 -54.6 2 39.3 -19.8 233 18 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.05 13 400 7512 -20.2 -58.0 2 37.8 -23.8 207 21 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.04 14 350 8486 -27.6 -54.2 6 26.6 -29.9 220 19 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.07 15 300 9571 -37.0 -42.4 58 5.3 -37.5 238 19 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.31 16 250 10807 -46.5 -53.2 46 6.7 -46.7 216 11 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.11 17 200 12262 -52.2 -64.1 23 11.9 -52.5 202 22 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14093 -60.0 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.2 232 19 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16569 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 301 20 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.25 m Freezing level: 598.49 mb = 4418.40 m = 14495.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.04 mb = 3699.04 m = 12135.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.22 % Est. max temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.88 mb = 2752.59 m = 9030.71 ft T: 13.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.06 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 553.32 mb = 5040.07 m = 16535.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7410.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 620.90 mb = 4120.65 m = 13519.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.02 Bulk Shear: 24.66 m/s