MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 2 900 955 3 850 1461 SFC 823 1741 26.5 -1.6 16 28.1 11.0 2 8 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.12 5 800 1992 23.2 -4.8 15 28.1 8.8 5 9 315.9 316.5 290.7 326.7 3.33 6 750 2548 17.7 -5.6 20 23.3 6.1 12 9 315.8 316.5 290.7 326.7 3.35 7 700 3130 12.2 -7.9 24 20.2 2.8 20 10 316.0 316.6 290.5 325.8 3.00 8 650 3744 6.4 -10.9 28 17.3 -1.1 22 9 316.1 316.6 290.1 324.5 2.56 9 600 4392 0.2 -11.3 42 11.5 -4.5 14 10 316.4 316.9 290.3 325.2 2.69 10 550 5082 -5.3 -17.2 39 11.9 -9.4 331 12 317.7 318.1 289.9 323.8 1.80 11 500 5822 -10.2 -31.1 16 21.0 -14.9 322 13 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.7 0.57 12 450 6626 -14.6 -24.2 44 9.5 -17.2 276 12 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.0 1.20 13 400 7507 -21.0 -31.2 39 10.3 -23.0 253 14 327.8 327.9 291.8 330.3 0.70 14 350 8478 -28.3 -36.1 47 7.8 -29.4 256 14 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.50 15 300 9564 -36.7 -45.2 41 8.5 -37.5 250 22 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.22 16 250 10798 -47.6 -51.5 64 3.9 -47.7 215 25 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12241 -53.5 -68.5 14 15.0 -53.8 232 25 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14078 -59.0 -80.6 4 21.7 -59.2 263 25 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16563 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 279 14 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.52 m Freezing level: 597.76 mb = 4422.88 m = 14510.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.14 mb = 3565.53 m = 11697.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.87 C = 78.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 542.83 mb = 5183.94 m = 17007.48 ft T: -6.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 491.89 mb = 5946.94 m = 19510.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5954.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 527.61 mb = 5404.76 m = 17731.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.3 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 359.3 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -168.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -3.0 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 5.51 m/s