MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 42.94,-122.11 Latitude: 42.94 Longitude: -122.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 545 2 900 1004 3 850 1483 SFC 810 1883 7.7 6.6 93 1.1 7.1 212 9 298.3 299.7 288.9 320.5 7.56 5 800 1985 7.0 5.8 92 1.2 6.3 211 11 298.6 299.9 288.7 319.9 7.24 6 750 2512 2.8 2.1 95 0.7 2.4 222 26 299.6 300.7 287.9 317.3 5.95 7 700 3068 -0.4 -2.1 89 1.6 -1.2 226 37 302.0 302.9 287.5 316.2 4.70 8 650 3657 -3.8 -6.6 81 2.8 -5.0 226 43 304.7 305.4 287.3 315.8 3.59 9 600 4285 -7.3 -10.8 76 3.6 -8.6 223 46 307.7 308.2 287.6 316.5 2.78 10 550 4958 -11.0 -13.0 85 2.0 -11.7 223 47 311.0 311.5 288.5 319.2 2.56 11 500 5684 -15.4 -17.3 85 1.9 -15.9 218 52 314.3 314.7 289.0 320.8 1.98 12 450 6472 -21.1 -23.1 83 2.1 -21.5 215 53 316.8 317.0 289.1 321.3 1.32 13 400 7333 -25.6 -28.0 80 2.4 -26.1 214 63 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.0 0.95 14 350 8286 -33.2 -35.9 76 2.7 -33.6 211 76 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.8 0.51 15 300 9349 -42.5 -45.5 72 3.1 -42.6 216 82 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.22 16 250 10549 -52.3 -56.2 63 3.9 -52.4 219 79 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 17 200 11986 -52.5 -74.2 6 21.7 -52.9 226 74 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13848 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 218 70 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16442 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 218 47 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.10 m Freezing level: 706.73 mb = 2992.90 m = 9819.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.66 mb = 2878.30 m = 9443.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.40 % Est. max temperature: 13.21 C = 55.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.48 mb = 2021.35 m = 6631.66 ft T: 6.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 4.68 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2548.08 m = 8359.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.08 C = 48.35 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 2.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.79 mb = 2536.15 m = 8320.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.79 mb = 3035.67 m = 9959.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 682.79 mb = 3265.57 m = 10713.70 ft B at Equ Level: 13.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 582.79 mb = 4510.00 m = 14796.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 129.63 m/s