MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 37 1 950 493 2 900 975 3 850 1479 SFC 825 1741 25.7 -0.4 18 26.1 11.2 1 9 315.8 316.7 291.7 330.2 4.50 5 800 2008 21.5 -3.7 18 25.3 8.4 2 11 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.7 3.62 6 750 2560 16.0 -5.1 23 21.1 5.5 5 11 314.0 314.6 290.3 325.2 3.50 7 700 3140 10.8 -8.6 25 19.3 1.9 3 10 314.4 314.9 289.9 323.7 2.86 8 650 3750 5.4 -9.1 34 14.4 -1.0 331 9 315.0 315.6 290.2 324.6 2.96 9 600 4398 0.4 -19.0 22 19.4 -6.2 302 9 316.6 316.9 289.2 321.4 1.42 10 550 5088 -4.6 -31.7 10 27.0 -11.2 295 8 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.3 0.49 11 500 5830 -10.0 -33.2 13 23.3 -15.0 279 8 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.6 0.46 12 450 6632 -15.3 -41.2 9 25.9 -19.4 277 9 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.23 13 400 7511 -21.5 -45.1 10 23.7 -24.5 260 10 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.17 14 350 8480 -29.0 -38.9 38 9.9 -30.3 225 16 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.38 15 300 9564 -36.7 -41.0 64 4.4 -37.1 230 18 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.35 16 250 10799 -47.2 -51.1 65 3.8 -47.4 205 24 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12244 -53.8 -70.5 11 16.6 -54.1 233 20 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14081 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.4 257 19 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16570 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 281 11 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.87 m Freezing level: 595.65 mb = 4457.56 m = 14624.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.66 mb = 3529.45 m = 11579.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.86 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 559.93 mb = 4946.05 m = 16227.00 ft T: -3.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 6.55 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.98 mb = 5814.55 m = 19076.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6469.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 546.53 mb = 5137.28 m = 16854.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 339.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -162.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -8.2 tot: -7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 10.51 m/s