MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.26,-116.84 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -116.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 508 2 900 980 3 850 1474 4 800 1992 SFC 787 2134 15.0 8.7 66 6.3 11.1 47 10 308.6 310.3 293.3 336.1 9.03 6 750 2535 10.5 7.7 83 2.8 8.8 47 12 307.9 309.6 293.0 334.7 8.82 7 700 3105 5.5 5.5 100 0.0 5.5 44 11 308.6 310.1 292.6 333.4 8.12 8 650 3709 2.5 2.4 100 0.0 2.5 34 13 311.8 313.1 292.7 333.6 7.04 9 600 4352 -1.9 -2.3 97 0.4 -2.1 42 18 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.9 5.38 10 550 5039 -6.5 -7.5 93 1.0 -7.0 44 21 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.1 3.96 11 500 5778 -10.3 -18.1 53 7.7 -12.9 44 19 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.6 1.84 12 450 6581 -15.9 -23.6 52 7.6 -18.0 51 15 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.6 1.27 13 400 7456 -23.0 -33.6 38 10.5 -24.9 52 14 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.1 0.56 14 350 8417 -30.5 -33.9 72 3.5 -31.0 45 19 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.62 15 300 9496 -37.6 -45.7 43 8.1 -38.2 48 24 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.21 16 250 10737 -42.5 -60.2 13 17.6 -43.3 50 12 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 17 200 12224 -48.7 -73.2 4 24.5 -49.3 54 6 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14075 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.6 325 10 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16590 -66.5 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.6 352 3 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.00 m Freezing level: 621.77 mb = 4072.30 m = 13360.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.35 mb = 4045.50 m = 13272.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.02 % Est. max temperature: 18.46 C = 65.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.96 mb = 2919.09 m = 9576.95 ft T: 7.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 2.77 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.08 mb = 2998.84 m = 9838.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.86 C = 58.74 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.09 mb = 2987.10 m = 9800.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.09 mb = 3045.50 m = 9991.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.09 mb = 9608.70 m = 31524.21 ft B at Equ Level: 349.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.09 mb = 11436.31 m = 37520.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 45.4 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 75.4 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.7 neg: -3.5 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 151.49 Bulk Shear: 2.34 m/s