MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 22Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 35.60,-120.33 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -120.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 966 429 21.6 19.5 88 2.1 20.1 196 5 297.7 300.4 294.6 340.9 14.92 2 950 573 20.5 18.3 87 2.2 19.0 185 5 297.9 300.5 294.0 338.8 14.06 3 900 1040 18.1 16.2 88 1.9 16.8 47 4 300.2 302.6 293.9 338.3 12.99 4 850 1527 14.5 13.2 92 1.3 13.7 72 5 301.4 303.4 293.0 334.7 11.29 5 800 2038 11.8 9.6 87 2.2 10.4 104 5 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.8 9.43 6 750 2577 9.1 6.9 86 2.2 7.8 140 9 306.5 308.0 292.2 331.7 8.33 7 700 3144 5.0 2.6 84 2.4 3.7 165 17 308.1 309.3 291.2 328.3 6.61 8 650 3746 2.5 1.4 92 1.2 1.9 177 11 311.8 313.1 292.3 332.1 6.52 9 600 4391 -0.5 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.5 223 6 315.6 316.8 293.0 335.0 6.15 10 550 5083 -4.3 -4.3 100 0.0 -4.3 239 9 319.0 320.0 293.1 335.3 5.05 11 500 5829 -8.0 -8.0 100 0.0 -7.9 219 16 323.3 324.2 293.6 337.2 4.20 12 450 6641 -14.0 -14.8 94 0.8 -14.3 210 25 325.6 326.1 293.0 334.7 2.69 13 400 7521 -21.0 -27.9 54 6.9 -22.5 207 30 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.2 0.97 14 350 8498 -25.8 -38.3 30 12.4 -27.7 217 42 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.40 15 300 9595 -34.0 -53.0 13 18.9 -35.4 222 48 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.09 16 250 10851 -40.6 -65.7 5 25.2 -41.6 232 46 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 17 200 12353 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 236 52 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 18 150 14206 -59.2 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.4 233 36 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16678 -69.4 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.5 237 11 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.33 m Freezing level: 607.72 mb = 4291.44 m = 14079.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.56 mb = 4250.47 m = 13944.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.11 mb = 690.91 m = 2266.72 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 12.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.51 mb = 1323.89 m = 4343.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.76 C = 76.57 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 33.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 312.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.29 mb = 1141.78 m = 3745.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.29 mb = 1484.41 m = 4870.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 354.29 mb = 8408.52 m = 27586.67 ft B at Equ Level: 312.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.29 mb = 11287.60 m = 37032.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.5 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 219.5 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.5 neg: -16.2 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 60.78 Bulk Shear: 5.14 m/s