MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 13 1 950 469 2 900 954 3 850 1461 SFC 823 1742 26.8 0.7 18 26.2 11.9 55 1 317.1 318.1 292.4 332.8 4.88 5 800 1992 23.1 -1.8 19 24.9 9.6 68 1 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.2 4.18 6 750 2547 17.6 -2.7 25 20.3 6.9 71 1 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.1 4.18 7 700 3130 11.9 -3.9 33 15.9 3.9 67 1 315.7 316.5 291.4 328.8 4.08 8 650 3743 6.0 -5.5 44 11.4 0.4 63 1 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.3 3.92 9 600 4391 0.0 -7.7 56 7.8 -3.4 306 3 316.2 316.9 291.0 327.7 3.56 10 550 5081 -5.1 -23.9 21 18.9 -10.5 285 12 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.5 1.01 11 500 5822 -9.9 -42.6 5 32.7 -15.5 289 8 320.9 321.0 289.2 321.6 0.18 12 450 6625 -14.7 -38.7 11 23.9 -19.0 287 9 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.30 13 400 7506 -20.6 -40.6 15 20.0 -23.7 263 12 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.28 14 350 8479 -27.2 -36.5 41 9.3 -28.6 250 21 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.8 0.48 15 300 9570 -36.0 -46.0 35 10.0 -36.9 228 22 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.21 16 250 10805 -47.6 -50.9 69 3.3 -47.7 236 22 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12248 -53.8 -66.7 19 12.8 -54.1 239 22 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14085 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 263 26 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16572 -67.8 -85.3 7 17.4 -67.9 288 17 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.28 m Freezing level: 599.58 mb = 4396.80 m = 14425.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3812.55 m = 12508.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.78 % Est. max temperature: 25.48 C = 77.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 559.15 mb = 4949.93 m = 16239.74 ft T: -4.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 11.24 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 528.52 mb = 5390.37 m = 17684.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5876.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 552.59 mb = 5043.47 m = 16546.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.3 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 314.3 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -1.9 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.66 Bulk Shear: 5.97 m/s