MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 8Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.64,-121.65 Latitude: 39.64 Longitude: -121.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 106 17.5 8.4 55 9.0 12.3 74 3 290.4 291.7 285.4 310.2 6.93 1 1000 128 19.5 7.9 47 11.5 12.9 75 3 292.6 293.8 286.0 311.9 6.71 2 950 568 18.2 4.8 41 13.3 10.9 296 1 295.6 296.7 286.1 312.3 5.70 3 900 1029 16.0 0.2 34 15.8 8.0 360 2 298.0 298.8 285.7 310.9 4.32 4 850 1513 15.6 2.6 41 13.0 8.5 32 5 302.5 303.5 288.3 318.8 5.42 5 800 2025 13.3 -1.8 35 15.1 5.6 47 5 305.3 306.1 288.2 318.2 4.18 6 750 2565 10.7 -2.5 40 13.2 4.1 359 6 308.2 308.9 289.2 321.3 4.23 7 700 3137 7.7 -0.2 57 7.9 3.5 335 7 311.0 312.1 291.1 327.9 5.39 8 650 3745 5.2 -10.4 31 15.6 -1.5 342 9 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.4 2.66 9 600 4393 1.2 -20.9 17 22.1 -6.1 354 9 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.6 1.20 10 550 5086 -3.4 -25.6 16 22.2 -9.8 360 9 320.0 320.2 289.7 323.1 0.86 11 500 5831 -8.2 -32.3 12 24.1 -13.7 8 7 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.9 0.51 12 450 6640 -14.0 -37.9 11 24.0 -18.4 358 9 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.32 13 400 7520 -21.6 -38.4 20 16.8 -24.2 1 12 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.2 0.35 14 350 8487 -29.5 -45.8 19 16.3 -31.1 337 16 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.18 15 300 9565 -39.2 -48.2 38 9.0 -39.8 356 26 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.16 16 250 10791 -47.5 -56.6 34 9.1 -47.8 359 31 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.07 17 200 12236 -55.2 -66.8 23 11.5 -55.5 350 34 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14036 -63.2 -79.1 10 15.9 -63.3 333 24 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16487 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.6 322 16 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.27 m Freezing level: 587.18 mb = 4570.34 m = 14994.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.12 mb = 3556.10 m = 11666.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.89 mb = 1259.23 m = 4131.27 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 1.42 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 558.01 mb = 4970.55 m = 16307.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.70 C = 116.06 F Cap Strength: 12.32 C Lifted Index: 12.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.93 C Showalter Index: 8.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 10.75 C K Index: 18.43 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 48.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11901.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.14 mb = 2235.64 m = 7334.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 359.6 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 29.6 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -2.4 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.05 Bulk Shear: 3.45 m/s