MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.58,-120.62 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -120.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 994 173 16.5 16.3 99 0.2 16.4 350 10 290.1 292.2 289.8 323.3 11.79 2 950 558 18.5 13.6 73 5.0 15.4 350 21 296.0 297.9 290.5 325.8 10.33 3 900 1024 19.0 11.3 61 7.7 14.2 342 23 301.1 302.9 291.4 328.9 9.41 4 850 1513 16.7 9.3 62 7.4 12.1 346 21 303.6 305.2 291.6 329.6 8.68 5 800 2027 13.3 6.8 65 6.5 9.5 351 22 305.4 306.8 291.4 328.8 7.77 6 750 2567 9.8 3.7 66 6.1 6.3 4 29 307.2 308.5 291.0 327.5 6.66 7 700 3136 6.1 -2.8 53 9.0 1.7 11 32 309.2 310.1 289.7 323.1 4.43 8 650 3739 2.8 -14.6 26 17.5 -3.8 2 32 312.2 312.5 288.2 318.4 1.89 9 600 4382 -1.0 -11.2 46 10.3 -5.1 351 33 315.0 315.5 289.9 323.8 2.70 10 550 5071 -4.8 -17.8 35 13.0 -9.2 344 34 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.2 1.72 11 500 5813 -9.7 -22.2 35 12.5 -13.4 336 32 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.6 1.29 12 450 6616 -15.8 -37.0 14 21.1 -19.6 324 32 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.36 13 400 7492 -21.9 -38.7 20 16.8 -24.5 317 37 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.7 0.34 14 350 8464 -26.8 -53.8 6 27.0 -29.2 311 49 332.6 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.07 15 300 9560 -34.7 -56.7 9 21.9 -36.1 315 41 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.06 16 250 10810 -42.0 -67.1 5 25.1 -42.9 307 41 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.6 0.02 17 200 12297 -48.3 -73.6 4 25.3 -48.9 296 43 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 14159 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.3 290 29 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16657 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 302 16 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.82 m Freezing level: 612.57 mb = 4220.19 m = 13845.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.76 mb = 3315.06 m = 10876.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.36 mb = 195.15 m = 640.26 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2523.40 m = 8278.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lifted Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 19.01 C K Index: 26.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7736.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.86 mb = 1237.16 m = 4058.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.5 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 21.5 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.8 neg: -5.4 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 17.08 m/s