MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F043.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 93 1 950 538 2 900 1016 3 850 1516 SFC 828 1741 18.6 9.1 54 9.5 12.7 146 4 307.9 309.6 293.0 334.7 8.81 5 800 2039 18.6 7.7 49 10.9 11.9 144 15 311.0 312.6 293.4 336.5 8.28 6 750 2588 13.2 6.8 65 6.4 9.3 149 15 311.0 312.5 293.4 336.5 8.30 7 700 3164 8.1 4.5 78 3.7 6.0 178 14 311.5 312.9 293.0 334.9 7.55 8 650 3771 3.7 -3.6 59 7.4 0.1 192 14 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.5 4.50 9 600 4415 -0.8 -12.9 39 12.1 -5.5 203 12 315.3 315.7 289.7 323.0 2.36 10 550 5105 -4.7 -13.9 49 9.2 -8.2 231 7 318.5 318.9 290.6 326.3 2.37 11 500 5847 -9.8 -19.3 46 9.5 -12.9 218 6 321.0 321.4 290.7 326.7 1.66 12 450 6650 -15.9 -28.7 32 12.8 -18.8 182 6 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.1 0.80 13 400 7526 -22.1 -27.7 60 5.7 -23.3 216 8 326.3 326.5 291.7 329.8 0.98 14 350 8494 -29.1 -38.1 41 9.1 -30.3 215 7 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.41 15 300 9577 -37.5 -42.4 61 4.8 -38.0 197 10 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.31 16 250 10807 -47.0 -53.1 50 6.1 -47.3 184 17 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.11 17 200 12261 -53.3 -66.4 19 13.2 -53.5 192 13 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14086 -59.1 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.3 204 19 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16574 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 230 10 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.64 m Freezing level: 608.33 mb = 4308.06 m = 14133.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.78 mb = 3786.19 m = 12421.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.83 % Est. max temperature: 22.70 C = 72.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.14 mb = 2938.51 m = 9640.66 ft T: 10.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.53 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.04 mb = 3583.57 m = 11756.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.41 mb = 3348.22 m = 10984.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.41 mb = 4030.27 m = 13222.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.41 mb = 10558.07 m = 34638.91 ft B at Equ Level: 366.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.41 mb = 12605.99 m = 41357.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.4 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 217.4 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 40.52 Bulk Shear: 9.08 m/s