MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 533 2 900 996 SFC 861 1374 14.3 12.8 91 1.4 13.3 184 8 300.0 302.0 292.2 331.9 10.86 4 850 1480 12.4 12.4 100 0.0 12.4 181 9 299.2 301.1 291.8 330.5 10.71 5 800 1989 13.1 6.9 66 6.2 9.5 268 1 305.1 306.6 291.3 328.8 7.84 6 750 2530 9.7 5.6 75 4.2 7.3 27 5 307.1 308.6 291.8 330.3 7.61 7 700 3098 4.6 1.4 80 3.2 2.9 48 9 307.6 308.7 290.6 326.2 6.07 8 650 3699 2.2 -10.5 39 12.7 -3.1 36 13 311.4 311.9 288.7 319.9 2.64 9 600 4339 -2.7 -9.5 59 6.8 -5.5 31 18 313.0 313.6 289.6 323.0 3.10 10 550 5023 -7.0 -12.7 63 5.8 -9.1 27 19 315.8 316.3 290.1 324.4 2.61 11 500 5761 -11.0 -21.1 43 10.1 -14.0 18 15 319.7 319.9 290.1 324.5 1.42 12 450 6561 -17.0 -20.5 74 3.5 -18.0 7 16 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.6 1.66 13 400 7432 -23.7 -36.1 31 12.4 -25.6 5 22 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.8 0.44 14 350 8392 -31.1 -37.7 52 6.6 -32.0 354 24 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.42 15 300 9467 -37.8 -46.4 41 8.5 -38.5 356 22 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.20 16 250 10710 -42.9 -58.5 16 15.6 -43.6 16 15 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.06 17 200 12191 -50.4 -75.3 4 24.9 -50.8 322 7 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14037 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 131 4 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16551 -65.0 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 248 7 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.24 m Freezing level: 627.76 mb = 3983.45 m = 13068.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.82 mb = 3382.90 m = 11098.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.14 % Est. max temperature: 21.45 C = 70.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.45 mb = 1554.64 m = 5100.47 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 10.39 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2817.83 m = 9244.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.34 C = 70.41 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 32.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.67 mb = 2356.77 m = 7732.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.67 mb = 4330.03 m = 14205.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.67 mb = 5447.14 m = 17870.98 ft B at Equ Level: 40.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 300.67 mb = 9451.79 m = 31009.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.6 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 52.6 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 38.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 48.65 m/s