MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 110 1 950 554 2 900 1029 3 850 1525 SFC 829 1741 17.0 9.2 60 7.8 12.1 198 1 306.2 307.8 292.5 332.9 8.85 5 800 2046 17.3 9.2 59 8.1 12.2 152 19 309.6 311.4 293.7 337.7 9.20 6 750 2593 12.1 8.2 77 3.9 9.7 160 18 309.7 311.5 293.7 337.7 9.14 7 700 3166 8.1 -0.3 55 8.4 3.7 185 16 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.1 5.34 8 650 3773 3.9 -14.4 25 18.4 -3.1 188 17 313.4 313.8 288.6 319.7 1.92 9 600 4417 -0.6 -16.3 30 15.6 -6.3 195 13 315.4 315.7 289.2 321.3 1.79 10 550 5107 -4.3 -22.1 24 17.8 -9.8 206 5 318.9 319.2 289.7 323.0 1.18 11 500 5850 -9.9 -20.7 41 10.8 -13.2 192 9 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.9 1.47 12 450 6652 -15.9 -29.5 30 13.6 -18.8 193 9 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.74 13 400 7529 -21.9 -29.1 52 7.2 -23.4 201 11 326.5 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.86 14 350 8496 -29.3 -36.5 50 7.1 -30.3 191 15 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.0 0.48 15 300 9579 -37.8 -43.9 53 6.1 -38.3 187 18 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.26 16 250 10808 -47.2 -53.7 47 6.6 -47.4 203 22 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 17 200 12261 -53.7 -65.5 22 11.8 -54.0 213 18 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14084 -58.9 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.1 209 19 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16576 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 207 12 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.27 m Freezing level: 606.94 mb = 4328.06 m = 14199.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.13 mb = 3486.93 m = 11439.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.70 % Est. max temperature: 22.79 C = 73.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.51 mb = 2732.15 m = 8963.65 ft T: 11.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 18.01 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.49 mb = 3409.90 m = 11187.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.77 C = 72.98 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 423.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.71 mb = 3075.27 m = 10089.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.71 mb = 4118.44 m = 13511.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.71 mb = 10735.07 m = 35219.63 ft B at Equ Level: 421.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.71 mb = 12833.74 m = 42104.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.4 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 214.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 43.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 67.91 Bulk Shear: 6.24 m/s