MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1010 64 18.6 2.5 34 16.1 10.3 356 5 290.9 291.7 283.0 304.0 4.54 1 1000 152 16.3 1.2 36 15.1 8.8 354 5 289.5 290.2 282.0 301.6 4.18 2 950 584 11.9 0.3 45 11.6 6.3 350 6 289.3 290.0 281.8 301.2 4.12 3 900 1033 8.3 -1.4 50 9.7 3.8 319 12 290.0 290.7 281.8 301.1 3.82 4 850 1504 8.7 -11.6 23 20.2 1.0 328 20 295.2 295.5 281.7 300.9 1.85 5 800 2008 11.3 -29.4 4 40.8 -0.2 354 16 303.2 303.3 283.2 304.7 0.42 6 750 2544 9.7 -18.4 12 28.1 -0.3 346 18 307.1 307.3 285.7 311.0 1.19 7 700 3112 7.0 -20.5 12 27.5 -2.3 336 21 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.7 1.06 8 650 3717 4.6 -26.9 8 31.5 -4.7 333 24 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.4 0.65 9 600 4364 1.2 -17.3 24 18.4 -5.5 334 27 317.4 317.8 289.6 323.0 1.64 10 550 5057 -3.4 -20.3 26 16.9 -8.9 334 31 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.8 1.39 11 500 5804 -7.8 -23.6 27 15.8 -12.4 328 33 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.6 1.14 12 450 6614 -13.4 -27.7 29 14.3 -17.0 326 34 326.4 326.5 291.6 329.5 0.87 13 400 7498 -20.2 -32.7 32 12.5 -22.7 323 39 328.7 328.8 292.0 330.9 0.61 14 350 8471 -27.6 -39.3 32 11.6 -29.2 313 42 331.5 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.36 15 300 9560 -35.7 -48.0 27 12.4 -36.7 312 53 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.16 16 250 10806 -44.2 -52.4 40 8.1 -44.7 312 65 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.8 0.12 17 200 12270 -52.7 -70.1 10 17.4 -53.1 297 71 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14071 -64.5 -82.3 7 17.9 -64.6 300 58 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16488 -72.5 -85.1 13 12.6 -72.5 307 37 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.87 m Freezing level: 587.45 mb = 4538.19 m = 14888.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 807.01 mb = 1935.21 m = 6349.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.63 % Est. max temperature: 21.82 C = 71.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.09 mb = 2069.14 m = 6788.44 ft T: 11.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 3.13 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 493.85 mb = 5899.17 m = 19353.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.73 C = 125.11 F Cap Strength: 18.81 C Lifted Index: 20.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.54 C Showalter Index: 20.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 12.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.41 C Cross Totals Index: -3.82 C K Index: -22.65 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15673.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.86 mb = 2082.05 m = 6830.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.6 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 4.6 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 34.58 m/s