MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 31 1 950 484 2 900 967 3 850 1471 SFC 824 1742 25.6 1.2 20 24.4 11.6 20 4 315.8 316.7 292.2 331.9 5.06 5 800 2000 21.7 -1.5 21 23.3 9.2 17 5 314.3 315.1 291.1 327.9 4.27 6 750 2553 16.3 -3.4 26 19.6 6.1 16 7 314.2 315.0 290.8 326.9 3.98 7 700 3133 11.2 -6.6 28 17.9 2.7 358 7 314.9 315.6 290.5 325.7 3.33 8 650 3745 5.9 -7.5 38 13.3 -0.3 158 2 315.6 316.2 290.7 326.4 3.35 9 600 4393 0.1 -12.5 38 12.6 -4.9 242 7 316.3 316.7 290.0 324.3 2.44 10 550 5082 -4.9 -24.0 21 19.0 -10.5 258 10 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.7 1.00 11 500 5824 -9.8 -39.3 7 29.6 -15.3 269 11 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.25 12 450 6628 -14.8 -44.6 6 29.7 -19.3 262 13 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.16 13 400 7509 -20.2 -50.2 5 29.9 -23.7 250 12 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.10 14 350 8484 -27.2 -45.4 16 18.3 -29.2 231 16 332.1 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.19 15 300 9575 -36.0 -43.4 47 7.3 -36.7 208 21 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.6 0.28 16 250 10810 -47.5 -50.5 71 3.0 -47.6 235 19 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.15 17 200 12253 -54.0 -68.3 16 14.4 -54.2 249 23 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14089 -58.7 -83.8 3 25.1 -59.0 245 29 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16568 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 291 16 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.19 m Freezing level: 598.75 mb = 4410.12 m = 14468.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.57 mb = 3687.29 m = 12097.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.16 C = 77.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 573.87 mb = 4745.64 m = 15569.51 ft T: -2.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 6.19 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.36 mb = 5483.36 m = 17989.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.02 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: 2.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6559.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 560.62 mb = 4930.73 m = 16176.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -7.0 tot: 37.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 15.98 m/s