MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 63 1 950 516 2 900 987 3 850 1479 4 800 1995 SFC 787 2134 13.6 9.6 77 4.0 11.1 106 4 307.1 308.9 293.3 336.1 9.57 6 750 2537 10.2 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 65 11 307.6 309.3 293.1 335.1 9.04 7 700 3107 5.4 4.5 94 0.9 4.9 45 15 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.7 7.58 8 650 3709 1.8 -2.7 72 4.5 -0.4 43 21 310.9 311.9 290.6 326.0 4.82 9 600 4350 -1.9 -7.2 67 5.3 -4.3 42 24 313.9 314.6 290.5 325.8 3.71 10 550 5037 -6.0 -11.6 65 5.6 -8.2 45 22 317.0 317.5 290.7 326.3 2.86 11 500 5778 -10.3 -21.4 39 11.2 -13.6 49 18 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.3 1.38 12 450 6581 -15.9 -27.2 37 11.3 -18.6 45 13 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.4 0.91 13 400 7455 -23.2 -29.6 55 6.4 -24.4 36 10 324.9 325.1 291.1 327.8 0.82 14 350 8416 -30.6 -34.4 69 3.8 -31.1 47 16 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.7 0.59 15 300 9493 -38.0 -41.4 71 3.3 -38.4 37 21 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.34 16 250 10731 -43.0 -59.2 15 16.2 -43.7 59 10 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 17 200 12220 -48.2 -73.5 4 25.4 -48.7 52 5 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 14075 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.3 333 7 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16590 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.6 340 1 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.31 m Freezing level: 625.98 mb = 4016.70 m = 13178.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.21 mb = 3656.22 m = 11995.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.75 % Est. max temperature: 17.91 C = 64.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.42 mb = 2642.99 m = 8671.14 ft T: 9.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.38 mb = 2996.91 m = 9832.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.76 C = 58.56 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.38 mb = 2950.41 m = 9679.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.38 mb = 3125.68 m = 10254.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.38 mb = 9530.00 m = 31266.01 ft B at Equ Level: 296.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.38 mb = 11334.69 m = 37186.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 45.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 75.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -1.4 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 25.43 Bulk Shear: 11.72 m/s