MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.38,-71.28 Latitude: 35.38 Longitude: -71.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -1 20.3 15.6 74 4.8 17.2 176 5 291.9 293.9 289.7 323.1 10.98 1 1000 159 18.4 14.4 77 4.1 15.8 179 5 291.6 293.4 289.0 320.9 10.33 2 950 597 14.2 13.4 95 0.7 13.7 185 6 291.6 293.4 288.9 320.6 10.25 3 900 1053 13.9 -8.9 20 22.7 4.4 188 4 295.8 296.2 282.3 302.4 2.17 4 850 1534 13.7 5.7 58 8.0 9.2 232 2 300.5 301.8 288.9 320.6 6.76 5 800 2044 13.2 2.2 47 11.0 7.2 292 3 305.2 306.2 289.5 322.2 5.61 6 750 2584 10.1 2.9 61 7.2 6.1 304 9 307.5 308.7 290.7 326.7 6.28 7 700 3154 6.5 -0.8 60 7.2 2.7 291 9 309.6 310.6 290.5 325.7 5.17 8 650 3757 1.9 -3.7 67 5.6 -0.9 277 16 311.1 311.9 290.3 325.1 4.47 9 600 4397 -2.2 -11.4 49 9.2 -5.8 265 18 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.3 2.67 10 550 5084 -5.5 -21.6 27 16.0 -10.5 268 14 317.5 317.7 289.3 321.7 1.24 11 500 5824 -10.5 -23.9 32 13.4 -14.2 251 10 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.1 1.11 12 450 6626 -15.3 -27.1 36 11.7 -18.2 236 11 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.92 13 400 7506 -21.1 -37.7 21 16.6 -23.8 240 13 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.37 14 350 8475 -28.5 -46.4 16 17.8 -30.4 264 9 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.17 15 300 9561 -36.8 -52.8 18 16.0 -37.9 295 14 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.09 16 250 10794 -47.7 -58.5 28 10.8 -48.0 299 25 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12234 -55.5 -66.1 26 10.6 -55.7 294 37 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14041 -60.6 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.8 273 51 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16506 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.5 282 21 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.28 m Freezing level: 626.88 mb = 4053.34 m = 13298.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.02 mb = 3608.15 m = 11837.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.59 mb = 600.95 m = 1971.59 ft T: 14.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 20.68 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2922.32 m = 9587.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.25 C = 99.06 F Cap Strength: 7.33 C Lifted Index: 6.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.61 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 16.21 C K Index: 22.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9069.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.17 mb = 921.00 m = 3021.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -7.4 tot: -4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 14.73 m/s