MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 103 1 950 548 2 900 1024 3 850 1522 SFC 829 1741 17.3 9.3 59 8.0 12.3 150 3 306.5 308.1 292.6 333.4 8.91 5 800 2043 17.8 8.7 55 9.2 12.1 145 18 310.2 311.8 293.6 337.3 8.85 6 750 2591 12.6 7.5 71 5.1 9.5 154 16 310.3 311.9 293.6 337.0 8.72 7 700 3165 8.4 1.6 62 6.8 4.6 187 15 311.8 313.0 292.0 331.0 6.14 8 650 3773 3.8 -8.7 40 12.5 -1.7 189 16 313.3 313.9 289.7 323.1 3.05 9 600 4417 -0.5 -18.1 25 17.5 -6.6 199 13 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.6 1.54 10 550 5107 -4.6 -16.3 40 11.7 -8.8 228 6 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.1 1.94 11 500 5849 -9.8 -24.8 28 15.1 -13.9 199 7 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.7 1.02 12 450 6652 -15.9 -26.5 40 10.6 -18.5 188 7 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.6 0.97 13 400 7528 -21.9 -34.7 30 12.9 -24.1 204 10 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.4 0.50 14 350 8496 -29.2 -34.1 63 4.8 -30.0 209 11 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.61 15 300 9578 -37.8 -40.9 73 3.0 -38.1 186 12 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.36 16 250 10807 -47.2 -57.5 30 10.3 -47.5 191 19 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12260 -53.7 -65.8 22 12.0 -54.0 212 16 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14082 -59.3 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 210 19 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16574 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 222 10 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.81 m Freezing level: 606.27 mb = 4336.22 m = 14226.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.27 mb = 3607.17 m = 11834.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.64 % Est. max temperature: 22.94 C = 73.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.51 mb = 2753.39 m = 9033.31 ft T: 11.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.69 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.00 mb = 3512.25 m = 11523.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.16 C = 73.69 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 397.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.11 mb = 3187.56 m = 10457.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.11 mb = 4112.79 m = 13493.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.11 mb = 10723.59 m = 35181.96 ft B at Equ Level: 394.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.11 mb = 12819.09 m = 42056.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.8 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 215.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 40.20 Bulk Shear: 9.89 m/s