MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 38.70,-104.62 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -104.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 1 950 573 2 900 1050 3 850 1549 SFC 833 1726 23.4 4.4 29 19.1 12.1 132 4 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.1 6.28 5 800 2070 17.4 3.2 39 14.2 9.3 127 3 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.4 6.05 6 750 2616 12.8 -1.3 38 14.1 5.4 59 1 310.5 311.4 290.3 325.0 4.63 7 700 3191 9.6 -23.4 8 33.0 -1.3 355 4 313.1 313.3 287.4 315.9 0.83 8 650 3801 5.8 -26.0 8 31.8 -3.9 350 3 315.6 315.7 288.1 318.0 0.71 9 600 4450 1.7 -30.3 7 31.9 -7.0 8 7 318.0 318.1 288.7 319.9 0.51 10 550 5143 -3.5 -39.5 4 36.0 -10.9 340 13 319.9 320.0 289.0 320.8 0.22 11 500 5887 -9.6 -42.3 5 32.7 -15.3 329 11 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.1 0.18 12 450 6690 -14.5 -50.6 3 36.0 -19.3 73 8 324.9 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.08 13 400 7574 -19.5 -54.1 3 34.7 -23.2 95 17 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.06 14 350 8551 -26.6 -53.0 6 26.3 -29.0 95 31 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 15 300 9644 -34.9 -56.8 9 21.9 -36.2 80 25 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.06 16 250 10892 -43.9 -64.2 9 20.3 -44.6 65 16 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12354 -53.9 -68.4 15 14.5 -54.2 4 16 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14165 -62.2 -77.7 11 15.5 -62.3 317 25 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16620 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 332 26 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.83 m Freezing level: 583.97 mb = 4671.78 m = 15327.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.85 mb = 3074.80 m = 10087.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.72 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 627.42 mb = 4087.29 m = 13409.58 ft T: 3.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.19 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 547.46 mb = 5178.67 m = 16990.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lifted Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6919.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.27 mb = 4167.24 m = 13671.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.4 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 54.4 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 10.70 m/s