MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.16,-80.58 Latitude: 34.16 Longitude: -80.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 45 10.5 9.2 92 1.3 9.8 160 2 282.5 283.8 282.4 302.4 7.22 1 1000 159 13.6 11.0 84 2.6 12.1 231 9 286.8 288.2 285.2 309.9 8.28 2 950 597 17.5 9.4 59 8.1 12.7 246 18 295.0 296.4 287.9 317.5 7.80 3 900 1057 14.6 9.0 69 5.6 11.3 283 9 296.6 298.1 288.8 320.0 8.04 4 850 1537 10.9 2.4 56 8.5 6.4 285 4 297.5 298.5 286.5 313.4 5.35 5 800 2042 11.6 -24.5 6 36.2 0.4 266 7 303.6 303.7 283.7 305.8 0.65 6 750 2580 10.9 -27.4 5 38.2 -0.7 279 7 308.4 308.5 285.4 310.2 0.54 7 700 3151 8.2 -29.3 5 37.5 -2.6 277 4 311.5 311.6 286.5 313.2 0.48 8 650 3757 4.3 -20.9 14 25.2 -4.1 266 6 313.9 314.1 288.0 317.6 1.11 9 600 4403 0.3 -24.1 14 24.4 -7.1 272 10 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.6 0.90 10 550 5093 -4.6 -28.0 14 23.5 -10.8 271 13 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.1 0.69 11 500 5835 -9.9 -24.6 29 14.7 -13.9 265 15 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.7 1.05 12 450 6638 -15.8 -29.1 31 13.3 -18.8 258 22 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.76 13 400 7514 -22.5 -35.7 29 13.2 -24.7 257 30 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.4 0.45 14 350 8478 -29.6 -39.2 39 9.6 -30.9 256 39 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.36 15 300 9562 -36.3 -54.2 14 17.9 -37.5 265 42 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 16 250 10805 -44.5 -65.6 8 21.1 -45.2 270 46 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 17 200 12265 -53.5 -71.5 9 18.0 -53.8 278 47 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14078 -63.2 -82.1 6 18.9 -63.3 279 52 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16509 -72.1 -85.5 12 13.5 -72.1 288 26 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.49 m Freezing level: 597.18 mb = 4441.50 m = 14571.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.89 mb = 2233.03 m = 7326.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.67 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.52 mb = 206.40 m = 677.15 ft T: 14.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.00 mb = 3806.93 m = 12489.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.16 C = 107.89 F Cap Strength: 10.12 C Lifted Index: 9.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.12 C Showalter Index: 10.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.71 C Cross Totals Index: 12.24 C K Index: -14.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 52.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10563.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.45 mb = 1203.82 m = 3949.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.2 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 296.2 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.7 neg: -2.8 tot: 52.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.37 Bulk Shear: 4.08 m/s