MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 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 85 1 950 532 2 900 1011 3 850 1512 SFC 828 1741 21.1 8.9 46 12.1 13.4 141 7 310.6 312.2 293.7 337.3 8.71 5 800 2036 18.8 7.3 47 11.5 11.7 142 12 311.2 312.8 293.3 336.0 8.04 6 750 2585 13.5 6.4 62 7.1 9.2 143 12 311.3 312.8 293.3 336.1 8.06 7 700 3161 8.8 1.3 59 7.6 4.7 177 13 312.3 313.4 292.0 331.0 6.00 8 650 3769 4.1 -7.5 42 11.7 -1.2 187 13 313.6 314.3 290.1 324.4 3.34 9 600 4413 -0.9 -8.6 56 7.6 -4.3 206 10 315.0 315.7 290.5 325.8 3.34 10 550 5102 -4.9 -15.9 42 10.9 -8.9 233 7 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.0 2.02 11 500 5845 -9.8 -17.8 52 8.1 -12.5 214 5 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.5 1.88 12 450 6648 -15.8 -24.3 48 8.5 -18.1 175 6 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.4 1.19 13 400 7524 -22.1 -28.5 56 6.4 -23.5 202 8 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.5 0.91 14 350 8492 -29.2 -38.7 39 9.5 -30.4 203 5 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.9 0.38 15 300 9574 -37.5 -46.2 40 8.7 -38.1 209 9 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.20 16 250 10806 -47.0 -51.8 57 4.9 -47.2 191 15 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 17 200 12259 -53.5 -63.8 27 10.3 -53.7 180 11 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14084 -59.2 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.4 206 16 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16569 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 237 11 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.75 m Freezing level: 609.33 mb = 4293.15 m = 14084.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.83 mb = 3645.75 m = 11960.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.97 % Est. max temperature: 23.28 C = 73.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.32 mb = 3263.22 m = 10705.98 ft T: 8.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.79 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.56 mb = 3749.25 m = 12300.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.96 C = 75.13 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 340.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.32 mb = 3479.72 m = 11416.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.32 mb = 4171.28 m = 13685.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.32 mb = 10328.60 m = 33886.08 ft B at Equ Level: 339.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.32 mb = 12312.36 m = 40394.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.8 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 214.8 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 49.81 Bulk Shear: 6.83 m/s