MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 43.01,-119.81 Latitude: 43.01 Longitude: -119.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 555 2 900 1016 3 850 1498 SFC 849 1503 8.8 -9.6 26 18.4 1.4 219 3 295.4 295.8 282.1 302.0 2.16 5 800 2007 12.7 -11.6 17 24.3 2.7 127 5 304.7 305.1 285.7 311.0 1.97 6 750 2546 12.2 -18.8 10 31.0 0.9 181 5 309.8 310.0 286.6 313.6 1.15 7 700 3121 9.6 -7.6 29 17.1 1.7 217 7 313.1 313.6 289.6 323.0 3.09 8 650 3731 6.5 -10.0 30 16.4 -0.7 232 5 316.3 316.8 290.3 325.3 2.76 9 600 4383 2.6 -16.8 22 19.4 -4.7 253 6 319.1 319.5 290.2 324.9 1.70 10 550 5078 -2.9 -22.3 21 19.4 -9.1 250 8 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.6 1.16 11 500 5825 -7.5 -49.2 2 41.7 -14.1 268 8 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.2 0.09 12 450 6633 -14.0 -40.2 9 26.2 -18.5 242 7 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.26 13 400 7516 -20.1 -47.2 7 27.0 -23.5 220 7 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.14 14 350 8491 -26.9 -50.4 9 23.4 -29.2 220 8 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.11 15 300 9583 -35.7 -57.4 9 21.8 -36.9 195 15 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 16 250 10823 -45.7 -59.9 19 14.2 -46.2 198 15 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 17 200 12278 -54.7 -68.6 16 13.9 -54.9 199 20 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14062 -67.0 -76.1 27 9.1 -67.1 220 14 354.6 354.7 297.6 354.7 0.01 19 100 16503 -64.2 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 280 19 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.03 m Freezing level: 576.58 mb = 4708.34 m = 15447.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.44 mb = 3537.85 m = 11606.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.25 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 639.99 mb = 3857.62 m = 12656.07 ft T: 5.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 391.99 mb = 7663.97 m = 25143.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.19 C = 106.14 F Cap Strength: 14.20 C Lifted Index: 15.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11479.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 548.61 mb = 5097.87 m = 16725.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: -6.4 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.49 Bulk Shear: 5.97 m/s