MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 14 1 950 470 2 900 954 3 850 1460 SFC 823 1741 24.9 0.8 21 24.0 11.2 334 5 315.1 316.0 291.9 330.8 4.94 5 800 1991 22.9 -3.4 17 26.3 9.0 337 6 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.5 3.71 6 750 2546 17.7 -3.7 23 21.4 6.6 1 5 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.3 3.87 7 700 3129 12.2 -4.4 31 16.7 3.8 30 4 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.7 3.93 8 650 3743 6.3 -5.5 43 11.7 0.6 32 4 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.6 3.92 9 600 4391 -0.0 -6.7 61 6.7 -3.1 22 4 316.1 316.8 291.3 328.4 3.85 10 550 5081 -5.7 -7.2 88 1.6 -6.4 332 4 317.4 318.2 291.8 330.4 4.04 11 500 5821 -9.8 -27.8 22 17.9 -14.3 311 10 321.0 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.78 12 450 6626 -14.7 -28.2 31 13.6 -17.9 309 9 324.8 325.0 291.1 327.8 0.83 13 400 7506 -21.1 -50.8 5 29.7 -24.4 279 10 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.09 14 350 8478 -27.2 -34.9 48 7.7 -28.5 259 17 332.0 332.1 292.8 334.1 0.56 15 300 9568 -36.7 -44.3 45 7.7 -37.4 246 19 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.7 0.25 16 250 10803 -47.1 -50.4 69 3.3 -47.3 212 23 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12246 -54.2 -67.0 19 12.8 -54.5 230 24 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14083 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -58.0 265 24 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16566 -69.0 -84.8 8 15.9 -69.1 272 18 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.45 m Freezing level: 600.39 mb = 4386.03 m = 14389.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.92 mb = 3843.97 m = 12611.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.69 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 576.28 mb = 4710.84 m = 15455.32 ft T: -2.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.20 C/km ThetaE index: 3.23 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 516.60 mb = 5567.54 m = 18265.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.80 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5879.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 545.55 mb = 5143.75 m = 16875.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.8 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 354.8 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.32 Bulk Shear: 0.36 m/s