MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 74 1 950 519 2 900 989 3 850 1480 SFC 824 1739 10.4 3.5 62 6.9 6.7 350 4 299.7 300.8 287.9 317.5 5.98 5 800 1996 16.7 -0.9 30 17.6 7.4 241 3 308.9 309.8 289.6 322.9 4.47 6 750 2545 16.0 -2.1 29 18.1 6.5 254 8 314.0 314.8 291.1 327.9 4.39 7 700 3127 12.3 -6.8 26 19.0 3.1 264 13 316.1 316.7 290.8 326.7 3.29 8 650 3741 6.9 -14.8 19 21.8 -1.7 265 13 316.8 317.2 289.7 323.0 1.86 9 600 4391 1.1 -19.1 21 20.2 -5.9 254 9 317.4 317.6 289.4 322.1 1.41 10 550 5082 -4.6 -28.2 14 23.6 -10.8 252 10 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.1 0.68 11 500 5824 -9.4 -46.9 3 37.5 -15.3 235 14 321.6 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.11 12 450 6630 -14.2 -53.8 2 39.6 -19.0 218 15 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.06 13 400 7513 -19.8 -57.7 2 37.9 -23.5 210 19 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.04 14 350 8488 -27.1 -54.0 6 26.9 -29.5 240 18 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.07 15 300 9579 -36.2 -46.4 34 10.3 -37.0 256 19 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.20 16 250 10815 -47.2 -50.3 71 3.0 -47.4 249 21 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12258 -53.0 -71.7 9 18.8 -53.3 238 27 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14092 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 261 23 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16564 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 292 22 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.29 m Freezing level: 590.46 mb = 4522.91 m = 14838.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.87 mb = 3516.56 m = 11537.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.96 mb = 2636.17 m = 8648.74 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 6.85 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 531.93 mb = 5342.23 m = 17526.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.92 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7760.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 600.77 mb = 4380.64 m = 14372.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 11.03 m/s