MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 69 1 950 519 2 900 994 3 850 1491 SFC 826 1741 20.4 4.4 35 16.0 11.0 50 3 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.7 6.36 5 800 2012 17.6 1.1 33 16.6 8.5 45 6 310.0 310.9 290.6 326.1 5.17 6 750 2560 14.9 -2.7 30 17.6 5.8 5 7 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.9 4.17 7 700 3138 10.6 -7.8 27 18.5 2.1 242 1 314.3 314.8 290.0 324.0 3.03 8 650 3749 5.5 -9.6 33 15.0 -1.2 251 7 315.1 315.7 290.1 324.4 2.84 9 600 4396 0.1 -13.8 34 13.9 -5.3 249 12 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.4 2.19 10 550 5087 -4.3 -33.8 8 29.4 -11.1 247 13 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.4 0.40 11 500 5829 -9.6 -34.5 11 25.0 -14.8 269 12 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.9 0.41 12 450 6632 -15.3 -38.5 12 23.1 -19.4 266 16 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.31 13 400 7511 -20.8 -50.9 5 30.0 -24.2 259 12 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.09 14 350 8482 -28.3 -49.9 11 21.5 -30.3 221 12 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9567 -37.0 -45.2 42 8.3 -37.7 212 18 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.22 16 250 10802 -46.7 -50.7 64 4.0 -46.9 194 23 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.15 17 200 12253 -53.7 -57.4 64 3.7 -53.9 207 28 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14087 -59.2 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.4 241 24 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16571 -67.6 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 297 13 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.53 m Freezing level: 599.34 mb = 4405.35 m = 14453.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.88 mb = 3525.70 m = 11567.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.24 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.59 mb = 3741.87 m = 12276.33 ft T: 5.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 5.66 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 538.87 mb = 5245.90 m = 17210.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6221.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 599.79 mb = 4399.10 m = 14432.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -18.4 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 27.59 m/s