MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 13Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 46.9,-121.32 Latitude: 46.90 Longitude: -121.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 537 2 900 1000 3 850 1485 SFC 847 1512 11.6 1.3 49 10.3 6.3 269 2 298.6 299.5 286.5 313.4 4.97 5 800 1993 11.7 0.2 45 11.5 5.8 237 8 303.6 304.5 288.2 318.4 4.86 6 750 2530 9.2 1.2 57 8.0 4.9 239 16 306.6 307.7 289.9 323.7 5.58 7 700 3099 5.9 -1.4 59 7.3 2.2 248 22 309.0 310.0 290.1 324.4 4.95 8 650 3701 1.8 -7.2 51 9.1 -2.2 255 24 311.0 311.7 289.3 321.9 3.42 9 600 4342 -2.0 -6.5 71 4.5 -4.0 264 31 313.8 314.6 290.7 326.4 3.93 10 550 5028 -6.5 -8.9 83 2.4 -7.5 259 39 316.4 317.1 291.1 327.9 3.56 11 500 5766 -11.6 -13.2 88 1.6 -12.2 254 42 318.9 319.5 291.2 328.1 2.76 12 450 6566 -16.6 -17.6 92 1.0 -17.0 246 43 322.3 322.8 291.6 329.5 2.12 13 400 7439 -22.5 -24.0 88 1.5 -22.9 247 48 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.5 1.37 14 350 8409 -28.1 -32.0 69 3.9 -28.7 252 53 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.7 0.75 15 300 9497 -36.5 -39.8 71 3.4 -36.8 250 56 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.40 16 250 10734 -46.2 -49.3 71 3.1 -46.4 246 57 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.17 17 200 12187 -54.2 -71.3 10 17.2 -54.4 241 69 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13972 -67.5 -72.4 49 5.0 -67.5 249 64 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16423 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 266 39 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.75 m Freezing level: 625.81 mb = 4011.45 m = 13160.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.94 mb = 3395.35 m = 11139.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.24 % Est. max temperature: 21.69 C = 71.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.37 mb = 2817.05 m = 9242.19 ft T: 7.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 582.81 mb = 4571.45 m = 14998.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lifted Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8644.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.03 mb = 3322.35 m = 10899.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.9 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 281.9 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 89.54 m/s