MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 33 1 950 489 2 900 972 3 850 1477 SFC 825 1742 26.0 0.5 19 25.5 11.5 2 8 316.1 317.0 292.1 331.5 4.81 5 800 2006 22.0 -2.0 20 24.0 9.2 4 10 314.6 315.4 291.1 327.8 4.14 6 750 2559 16.5 -3.6 25 20.1 6.2 8 10 314.5 315.3 290.9 327.0 3.91 7 700 3140 11.2 -8.6 24 19.7 2.1 11 11 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.1 2.85 8 650 3751 5.7 -13.8 23 19.5 -2.1 2 12 315.5 315.9 289.4 322.2 2.02 9 600 4398 0.0 -8.8 51 8.8 -3.8 325 9 316.2 316.8 290.8 326.8 3.28 10 550 5089 -4.8 -24.1 20 19.3 -10.4 307 9 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.9 0.99 11 500 5830 -10.1 -31.9 15 21.8 -15.0 280 8 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.6 0.53 12 450 6633 -15.1 -40.1 10 24.9 -19.3 273 9 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.26 13 400 7512 -21.4 -51.0 5 29.5 -24.6 270 9 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.09 14 350 8480 -29.2 -42.0 28 12.7 -30.7 238 12 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.27 15 300 9564 -36.7 -40.7 66 4.1 -37.1 232 18 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.36 16 250 10798 -47.6 -50.9 69 3.3 -47.8 207 24 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12242 -53.7 -70.3 11 16.6 -53.9 235 18 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14079 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.5 263 18 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16568 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 279 12 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.46 m Freezing level: 599.56 mb = 4404.34 m = 14449.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.11 mb = 3438.42 m = 11280.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.11 C = 77.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 565.18 mb = 4872.65 m = 15986.19 ft T: -3.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 9.31 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 518.85 mb = 5542.35 m = 18183.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6099.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 554.73 mb = 5020.88 m = 16472.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -146.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -12.3 tot: -12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 6.37 m/s