MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 49 1 950 502 2 900 982 3 850 1485 SFC 825 1741 24.6 0.0 20 24.6 10.9 1 7 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.3 4.64 5 800 2011 20.4 -2.7 21 23.2 8.3 0 8 312.9 313.7 290.4 325.4 3.91 6 750 2562 14.9 -4.5 26 19.4 5.2 2 11 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.4 3.65 7 700 3140 10.5 -15.4 15 26.0 0.3 330 10 314.1 314.5 288.6 319.6 1.64 8 650 3750 5.3 -13.3 25 18.6 -2.1 274 6 315.0 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.11 9 600 4397 0.2 -18.0 24 18.2 -6.2 253 12 316.3 316.6 289.2 321.5 1.54 10 550 5087 -4.4 -33.9 8 29.5 -11.2 260 11 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.3 0.39 11 500 5829 -9.7 -34.8 11 25.1 -15.0 285 10 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.6 0.40 12 450 6632 -15.4 -42.4 8 26.9 -19.6 289 12 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.20 13 400 7510 -21.4 -49.5 6 28.1 -24.6 275 9 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.10 14 350 8480 -28.5 -49.9 11 21.5 -30.4 211 14 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 15 300 9564 -37.2 -41.3 65 4.2 -37.5 220 17 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.34 16 250 10798 -47.0 -50.5 68 3.4 -47.2 204 28 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.15 17 200 12245 -53.5 -68.4 14 15.0 -53.7 225 26 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14082 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.0 254 23 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16571 -67.5 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 278 13 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.66 m Freezing level: 598.36 mb = 4419.14 m = 14498.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.71 mb = 3201.98 m = 10505.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.39 % Est. max temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 572.89 mb = 4763.28 m = 15627.37 ft T: -2.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 9.72 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 502.44 mb = 5791.26 m = 18999.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6656.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 557.84 mb = 4974.34 m = 16319.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -16.7 tot: -11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 14.75 m/s