MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.15,-78.92 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -78.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 12.7 9.3 80 3.5 10.8 148 2 285.0 286.3 283.5 305.2 7.27 1 1000 152 15.7 7.7 59 8.0 11.3 198 11 288.9 290.1 284.4 307.6 6.59 2 950 588 15.5 9.3 66 6.2 11.9 238 10 292.9 294.3 287.1 315.1 7.74 3 900 1045 12.4 10.0 85 2.4 11.0 300 9 294.3 295.8 288.5 319.1 8.62 4 850 1522 11.6 -9.6 22 21.2 2.9 287 7 298.3 298.7 283.4 304.9 2.17 5 800 2030 13.1 -17.9 10 30.9 1.8 296 9 305.1 305.3 284.9 308.9 1.17 6 750 2569 10.9 -15.7 14 26.6 0.7 305 8 308.4 308.6 286.5 313.2 1.49 7 700 3139 7.0 0.6 64 6.3 3.5 330 6 310.2 311.3 291.1 327.9 5.72 8 650 3745 3.6 -1.9 68 5.4 0.8 297 5 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.1 5.13 9 600 4390 -0.9 -6.0 68 5.1 -3.3 293 8 315.1 315.8 291.2 328.1 4.06 10 550 5078 -5.7 -11.3 64 5.6 -7.9 272 12 317.3 317.9 290.8 326.9 2.92 11 500 5819 -10.3 -20.6 43 10.3 -13.4 256 16 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.6 1.49 12 450 6620 -16.4 -25.5 46 9.0 -18.7 251 19 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.3 1.07 13 400 7495 -22.6 -29.3 54 6.7 -23.9 250 25 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.7 0.85 14 350 8459 -29.7 -32.9 74 3.1 -30.2 246 39 328.6 328.8 292.0 331.1 0.69 15 300 9538 -37.6 -47.4 35 9.8 -38.3 248 47 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.18 16 250 10778 -45.1 -61.7 14 16.6 -45.7 266 53 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 17 200 12234 -54.2 -69.6 13 15.4 -54.4 279 51 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14041 -62.4 -81.4 6 19.0 -62.6 286 47 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16484 -70.5 -86.3 8 15.7 -70.6 291 28 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.97 m Freezing level: 610.20 mb = 4258.17 m = 13970.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.34 mb = 3865.75 m = 12682.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.96 mb = 508.06 m = 1666.85 ft T: 15.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.15 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.88 mb = 3783.93 m = 12414.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.86 C = 105.56 F Cap Strength: 10.24 C Lifted Index: 10.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.63 C Showalter Index: 15.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.83 C Cross Totals Index: 0.64 C K Index: 5.87 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10662.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.00 mb = 1260.79 m = 4136.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.73 Bulk Shear: 13.56 m/s