MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 70 1 950 520 2 900 991 3 850 1484 SFC 825 1741 16.6 5.6 48 11.0 10.2 11 3 306.2 307.5 290.9 327.3 6.95 5 800 2001 17.9 -2.4 25 20.3 7.4 341 7 310.3 311.0 289.6 322.9 4.02 6 750 2552 17.1 -3.6 24 20.8 6.4 287 8 315.2 315.9 291.0 327.7 3.90 7 700 3134 11.9 -5.2 30 17.0 3.4 291 8 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.6 3.72 8 650 3747 6.2 -8.8 33 15.0 -0.6 286 5 315.9 316.5 290.5 325.7 3.01 9 600 4396 0.4 -15.4 29 15.8 -5.5 257 5 316.6 317.0 289.7 323.0 1.92 10 550 5085 -5.3 -24.1 21 18.9 -10.7 256 8 317.9 318.0 289.1 321.3 0.99 11 500 5826 -9.6 -39.3 7 29.6 -15.2 258 10 321.3 321.3 289.4 322.2 0.25 12 450 6631 -14.8 -54.2 2 39.4 -19.4 230 17 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.9 0.05 13 400 7511 -20.8 -58.5 2 37.6 -24.3 224 18 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.04 14 350 8484 -27.3 -51.7 8 24.4 -29.6 236 13 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 15 300 9573 -36.4 -47.4 31 11.0 -37.2 225 14 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.18 16 250 10807 -47.7 -52.3 59 4.6 -47.9 263 19 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.12 17 200 12252 -53.5 -69.0 13 15.5 -53.8 242 28 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14090 -60.0 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 245 21 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16568 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.7 299 19 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.06 m Freezing level: 596.17 mb = 4448.52 m = 14594.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3657.42 m = 11999.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.38 mb = 3141.80 m = 10307.61 ft T: 11.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 6.44 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 529.88 mb = 5375.14 m = 17634.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.93 C = 84.08 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7174.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 580.47 mb = 4658.08 m = 15282.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -12.4 tot: -9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.14 Bulk Shear: 15.98 m/s