MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 22.2 12.8 55 9.4 16.3 206 4 294.5 296.2 289.0 321.1 9.23 1 1000 150 20.6 12.1 58 8.4 15.3 209 5 293.7 295.3 288.5 319.2 8.90 2 950 590 16.9 11.6 71 5.3 13.7 241 10 294.3 296.0 288.9 320.4 9.08 3 900 1048 12.4 11.7 95 0.7 12.0 252 10 294.3 296.0 289.3 321.9 9.63 4 850 1527 13.1 2.5 48 10.6 7.5 275 12 299.9 300.9 287.4 315.9 5.38 5 800 2035 12.7 -27.0 5 39.7 0.7 252 6 304.7 304.8 284.0 306.5 0.52 6 750 2574 11.0 -23.2 7 34.2 -0.2 219 4 308.5 308.6 285.7 311.2 0.79 7 700 3145 7.1 -1.1 56 8.3 2.8 221 5 310.4 311.3 290.6 326.1 5.03 8 650 3750 3.3 -4.1 58 7.4 -0.3 241 10 312.8 313.6 290.7 326.5 4.35 9 600 4394 -0.9 -12.4 41 11.5 -5.4 242 12 315.1 315.6 289.7 323.1 2.46 10 550 5082 -5.2 -24.7 20 19.5 -10.8 254 17 317.9 318.1 289.1 321.1 0.94 11 500 5823 -10.4 -23.7 33 13.3 -14.1 256 22 320.3 320.6 290.0 324.2 1.12 12 450 6624 -16.5 -32.8 23 16.4 -19.7 259 24 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.5 0.54 13 400 7497 -23.3 -32.6 43 9.2 -25.0 267 28 324.6 324.8 290.8 326.9 0.62 14 350 8460 -29.6 -42.3 28 12.7 -31.1 275 30 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.26 15 300 9544 -35.8 -53.8 14 17.9 -37.0 283 42 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 16 250 10789 -44.5 -62.3 12 17.9 -45.1 289 43 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 12249 -53.7 -70.2 11 16.6 -53.9 284 42 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14063 -62.2 -82.3 5 20.0 -62.4 285 48 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16503 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 286 27 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.01 m Freezing level: 610.44 mb = 4259.66 m = 13975.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.21 mb = 2439.20 m = 8002.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.88 mb = 1246.93 m = 4090.92 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.49 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.68 mb = 3136.68 m = 10290.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.05 C = 100.48 F Cap Strength: 7.30 C Lifted Index: 5.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.52 C Showalter Index: 8.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 12.88 C K Index: 17.71 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8769.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.64 mb = 1220.56 m = 4004.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -6.0 tot: 13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 3.79 m/s