MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 42.98,-117.48 Latitude: 42.98 Longitude: -117.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 522 2 900 989 SFC 864 1337 19.4 1.7 31 17.8 9.7 222 6 305.0 306.0 288.8 320.3 5.00 4 850 1478 16.4 1.2 36 15.1 8.3 222 6 303.3 304.2 288.2 318.2 4.93 5 800 1993 15.8 0.1 34 15.7 7.4 237 15 308.0 308.9 289.6 322.9 4.82 6 750 2537 12.6 -2.1 36 14.7 5.0 232 12 310.2 311.0 289.9 323.9 4.36 7 700 3111 8.0 -5.7 37 13.7 1.5 233 12 311.4 312.1 289.6 322.7 3.57 8 650 3716 2.7 -6.5 51 9.1 -1.5 233 12 312.0 312.6 289.8 323.5 3.62 9 600 4356 -2.4 -11.1 52 8.6 -5.9 225 13 313.3 313.8 289.4 322.1 2.74 10 550 5041 -6.3 -16.6 44 10.2 -9.9 209 13 316.5 316.9 289.6 322.9 1.90 11 500 5780 -11.0 -23.2 36 12.2 -14.4 217 13 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.8 1.18 12 450 6580 -16.1 -27.8 36 11.6 -18.8 230 15 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.0 0.87 13 400 7454 -23.3 -33.4 39 10.1 -25.1 217 16 324.6 324.8 290.7 326.7 0.57 14 350 8416 -30.7 -42.4 31 11.6 -32.0 223 16 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.26 15 300 9491 -39.3 -50.4 30 11.1 -40.1 225 13 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 16 250 10716 -48.0 -58.7 28 10.8 -48.3 225 14 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.06 17 200 12157 -55.5 -64.8 31 9.3 -55.7 234 26 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13975 -57.6 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 246 28 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16503 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 260 20 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.57 m Freezing level: 624.02 mb = 4048.45 m = 13282.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.68 mb = 3411.38 m = 11192.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.52 mb = 3559.75 m = 11678.81 ft T: 4.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 2.07 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 574.02 mb = 4704.74 m = 15435.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.34 C Showalter Index: 6.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 12.20 C K Index: 14.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 40.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8244.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.07 mb = 3801.30 m = 12471.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -5.4 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.49 Bulk Shear: 2.61 m/s