MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 81 1 950 531 2 900 1002 3 850 1494 SFC 826 1741 16.8 6.1 49 10.7 10.5 26 3 306.3 307.6 291.2 328.1 7.18 5 800 2011 17.2 0.4 32 16.8 8.1 0 6 309.5 310.4 290.2 324.8 4.93 6 750 2560 15.3 -3.2 28 18.5 5.8 314 5 313.1 313.9 290.5 325.9 4.02 7 700 3139 10.7 -4.1 35 14.8 3.3 280 5 314.4 315.1 290.9 327.2 4.03 8 650 3750 5.3 -7.1 40 12.5 -0.4 263 8 315.0 315.7 290.6 326.1 3.44 9 600 4397 0.1 -13.9 34 13.9 -5.3 250 13 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.4 2.18 10 550 5087 -4.3 -33.8 8 29.4 -11.1 246 14 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.4 0.40 11 500 5829 -9.6 -37.9 8 28.3 -15.1 264 13 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.4 0.29 12 450 6633 -15.3 -41.2 9 25.9 -19.4 254 17 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.23 13 400 7512 -20.6 -50.6 5 30.0 -24.0 243 15 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.09 14 350 8484 -28.2 -51.4 9 23.3 -30.2 230 14 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.10 15 300 9569 -37.2 -45.2 43 8.0 -37.8 218 15 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.23 16 250 10804 -46.5 -51.0 61 4.4 -46.8 198 17 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.14 17 200 12256 -53.5 -61.5 37 7.9 -53.8 205 26 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 14091 -59.2 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.4 238 22 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16572 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 297 15 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.10 m Freezing level: 599.35 mb = 4405.59 m = 14453.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.99 mb = 3674.04 m = 12053.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.38 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.62 mb = 3095.38 m = 10155.34 ft T: 11.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 3.21 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 539.65 mb = 5234.96 m = 17174.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6958.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 603.69 mb = 4346.97 m = 14261.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -8.7 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 23.51 m/s