MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 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 1009 65 14.4 11.7 84 2.7 12.8 105 2 286.8 288.3 285.6 310.7 8.58 1 1000 143 15.0 9.7 71 5.3 11.9 132 3 288.1 289.5 285.1 309.4 7.56 2 950 580 15.4 3.9 46 11.5 9.3 257 4 292.9 293.8 284.7 308.4 5.34 3 900 1035 11.7 2.8 54 8.9 7.1 269 9 293.6 294.5 284.8 308.7 5.20 4 850 1513 13.4 -28.0 4 41.4 1.3 331 10 300.1 300.2 282.0 301.6 0.45 5 800 2021 12.7 -22.3 7 35.0 1.1 330 11 304.7 304.9 284.3 307.4 0.80 6 750 2558 10.0 -20.3 10 30.2 -0.4 333 14 307.4 307.6 285.6 310.7 1.01 7 700 3127 7.6 -24.7 8 32.2 -2.5 342 14 310.8 311.0 286.5 313.4 0.74 8 650 3733 4.2 -10.2 34 14.5 -1.9 344 15 313.8 314.3 289.5 322.5 2.70 9 600 4380 0.9 -10.6 42 11.5 -4.0 341 18 317.1 317.6 290.7 326.4 2.84 10 550 5074 -2.4 -15.2 37 12.7 -7.3 334 21 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.4 2.14 11 500 5823 -7.3 -21.2 32 13.9 -11.6 312 21 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.41 12 450 6634 -13.6 -25.8 35 12.2 -16.8 298 22 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.8 1.04 13 400 7517 -20.3 -30.8 39 10.4 -22.5 288 25 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.2 0.73 14 350 8491 -27.0 -38.1 34 11.1 -28.6 292 34 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.0 0.41 15 300 9586 -35.0 -40.4 58 5.4 -35.7 302 34 336.0 336.0 293.7 337.4 0.38 16 250 10829 -45.0 -49.3 62 4.3 -45.2 291 45 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.17 17 200 12281 -55.7 -63.9 35 8.2 -55.8 279 55 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14068 -66.5 -78.1 18 11.6 -66.5 272 44 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16483 -71.8 -86.3 10 14.4 -71.9 301 33 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.16 m Freezing level: 587.12 mb = 4558.47 m = 14955.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.81 mb = 2417.18 m = 7930.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.89 mb = 412.22 m = 1352.41 ft T: 15.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.45 mb = 4867.00 m = 15967.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.67 C = 117.80 F Cap Strength: 15.05 C Lifted Index: 15.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.22 C Showalter Index: 19.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -0.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.60 C Cross Totals Index: -20.76 C K Index: -39.62 Risk: None Sweat Index: 42.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12986.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.63 mb = 1605.49 m = 5267.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.0 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 359.0 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 60.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 36.79 m/s