MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 67 1 950 516 2 900 987 3 850 1480 4 800 1996 SFC 787 2134 13.7 10.0 78 3.8 11.4 73 6 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.0 9.84 6 750 2538 9.8 8.3 90 1.5 8.9 61 11 307.3 309.0 293.1 335.1 9.21 7 700 3108 6.3 5.4 94 0.9 5.8 47 21 309.5 311.0 292.9 334.2 8.08 8 650 3711 1.6 -0.9 84 2.4 0.3 46 22 310.7 311.8 291.1 327.9 5.53 9 600 4351 -2.1 -9.7 56 7.5 -5.3 48 25 313.6 314.2 289.8 323.5 3.06 10 550 5037 -6.1 -12.1 62 6.0 -8.4 50 24 316.9 317.4 290.5 325.9 2.75 11 500 5778 -9.9 -19.5 45 9.6 -12.9 53 19 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.5 1.63 12 450 6581 -16.0 -26.6 40 10.6 -18.6 55 11 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.5 0.96 13 400 7455 -23.3 -31.2 48 8.0 -24.7 51 9 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.3 0.70 14 350 8418 -30.6 -35.8 60 5.2 -31.3 46 16 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.5 0.52 15 300 9494 -38.0 -45.2 47 7.2 -38.7 52 19 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.23 16 250 10733 -42.7 -55.4 24 12.7 -43.3 52 9 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.08 17 200 12222 -48.5 -75.7 3 27.3 -49.0 43 6 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14077 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.4 319 4 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16591 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 267 3 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.35 m Freezing level: 629.04 mb = 3979.70 m = 13056.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.21 mb = 3745.89 m = 12289.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.58 % Est. max temperature: 17.68 C = 63.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.79 mb = 2606.48 m = 8551.35 ft T: 9.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 13.51 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.23 mb = 3023.02 m = 9917.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.53 C = 59.95 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 446.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.11 mb = 2908.36 m = 9541.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.11 mb = 3200.25 m = 10499.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.11 mb = 9675.40 m = 31743.07 ft B at Equ Level: 446.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.11 mb = 11522.62 m = 37803.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.4 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 80.4 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 49.67 Bulk Shear: 8.99 m/s