MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 30 1 950 485 2 900 969 3 850 1475 SFC 824 1741 25.4 1.0 20 24.4 11.5 19 7 315.5 316.4 292.1 331.3 4.99 5 800 2004 22.4 -1.6 20 24.1 9.4 22 8 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.6 4.24 6 750 2559 17.0 -2.6 26 19.6 6.7 24 8 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.5 4.20 7 700 3140 11.4 -3.4 35 14.8 3.8 25 9 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.6 4.24 8 650 3752 5.4 -4.9 48 10.2 0.4 24 9 315.0 315.8 291.2 328.1 4.09 9 600 4399 -0.0 -9.0 51 9.0 -4.0 334 9 316.1 316.7 290.7 326.5 3.22 10 550 5090 -4.8 -18.4 34 13.6 -9.4 306 10 318.3 318.7 289.9 323.8 1.63 11 500 5831 -10.1 -33.2 13 23.2 -15.0 284 8 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.5 0.46 12 450 6634 -15.0 -43.3 7 28.3 -19.4 281 9 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.18 13 400 7513 -21.5 -46.0 9 24.6 -24.5 277 9 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.15 14 350 8480 -29.3 -34.9 59 5.5 -30.2 255 12 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.3 0.57 15 300 9565 -36.6 -39.5 74 3.0 -36.9 252 15 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.41 16 250 10798 -47.7 -50.6 72 2.9 -47.9 216 19 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.15 17 200 12242 -53.2 -71.9 9 18.7 -53.5 238 19 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14082 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.4 267 19 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16565 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 277 12 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.54 m Freezing level: 600.46 mb = 4393.35 m = 14413.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.72 mb = 3805.50 m = 12485.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.22 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 574.53 mb = 4743.45 m = 15562.31 ft T: -2.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 2.81 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 529.59 mb = 5383.66 m = 17662.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6192.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 560.02 mb = 4946.37 m = 16228.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.0 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 354.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -177.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -7.5 tot: -7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 8.51 m/s