MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 16Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 64 16.9 2.0 37 14.9 9.4 20 6 289.1 289.8 282.0 301.6 4.36 1 1000 163 14.5 0.8 39 13.7 7.9 20 7 287.7 288.4 281.0 299.3 4.05 2 950 593 10.2 -0.3 48 10.5 5.3 18 8 287.5 288.2 280.8 298.8 3.93 3 900 1040 8.0 -3.5 44 11.5 2.9 330 14 289.7 290.3 281.0 299.3 3.27 4 850 1510 7.3 -6.0 38 13.4 1.7 323 21 293.8 294.4 282.3 302.4 2.86 5 800 2012 10.7 -32.8 3 43.6 -0.6 351 20 302.6 302.7 282.8 303.6 0.30 6 750 2548 9.7 -19.4 11 29.1 -0.4 353 22 307.1 307.3 285.5 310.7 1.09 7 700 3116 7.0 -20.5 12 27.5 -2.3 343 23 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.7 1.06 8 650 3721 4.6 -28.4 7 32.9 -4.8 333 26 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.1 0.57 9 600 4368 1.2 -27.1 10 28.3 -6.9 332 29 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.0 0.69 10 550 5061 -3.4 -23.2 20 19.8 -9.5 328 32 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.7 1.07 11 500 5807 -8.1 -27.2 20 19.0 -13.2 326 35 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.0 0.82 12 450 6616 -13.8 -30.0 24 16.3 -17.5 328 36 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.70 13 400 7500 -20.2 -32.1 34 11.8 -22.6 326 40 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.0 0.65 14 350 8473 -27.8 -39.0 34 11.1 -29.3 322 42 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.6 0.37 15 300 9562 -36.2 -47.7 30 11.4 -37.1 309 50 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.17 16 250 10804 -44.2 -59.8 16 15.7 -44.7 312 63 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.05 17 200 12268 -53.0 -68.0 14 15.1 -53.2 306 73 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14070 -64.0 -82.0 7 17.9 -64.1 302 61 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16490 -71.8 -85.8 11 13.9 -71.9 311 34 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.79 m Freezing level: 586.70 mb = 4552.58 m = 14936.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 813.50 mb = 1873.23 m = 6145.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.71 % Est. max temperature: 20.68 C = 69.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.75 mb = 1921.61 m = 6304.43 ft T: 10.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 2.86 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 490.04 mb = 5961.60 m = 19558.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.59 C = 124.86 F Cap Strength: 20.29 C Lifted Index: 21.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.86 C Showalter Index: 19.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.50 C Cross Totals Index: 2.12 C K Index: -18.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16646.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.07 mb = 1990.15 m = 6529.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.7 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 5.7 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.4 neg: -5.7 tot: 43.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 46.57 m/s