MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 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 1008 65 25.1 14.2 51 10.9 18.0 200 7 297.6 299.4 290.9 327.1 10.14 1 1000 134 24.0 13.6 52 10.4 17.3 202 8 297.2 299.0 290.5 325.7 9.83 2 950 580 19.6 12.6 64 7.0 15.2 207 10 297.1 298.9 290.3 325.3 9.72 3 900 1042 15.5 11.3 76 4.2 13.0 249 13 297.5 299.2 290.2 324.9 9.41 4 850 1525 13.7 0.7 41 13.0 7.0 289 8 300.5 301.4 287.0 314.8 4.75 5 800 2034 13.0 -18.0 10 30.9 1.7 261 2 305.0 305.2 284.8 308.7 1.16 6 750 2573 11.2 -21.8 8 33.0 0.1 208 8 308.8 309.0 285.9 311.8 0.89 7 700 3144 7.7 -6.9 35 14.5 1.0 217 10 311.0 311.6 289.2 321.3 3.26 8 650 3750 3.7 -12.8 29 16.4 -2.9 237 11 313.1 313.5 288.8 320.3 2.20 9 600 4394 -0.3 -24.6 14 24.3 -7.5 251 15 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.8 0.87 10 550 5084 -4.8 -17.3 37 12.5 -9.2 271 18 318.3 318.7 290.0 324.3 1.79 11 500 5825 -10.3 -20.0 45 9.6 -13.3 276 22 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.8 1.57 12 450 6627 -16.0 -25.7 43 9.7 -18.4 281 25 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.7 1.04 13 400 7503 -22.0 -33.7 34 11.7 -24.1 285 30 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.4 0.55 14 350 8470 -29.6 -39.4 38 9.8 -30.9 289 28 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.36 15 300 9555 -36.4 -53.3 16 16.8 -37.5 292 37 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.09 16 250 10795 -45.2 -59.6 18 14.4 -45.7 286 47 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 17 200 12255 -51.7 -73.6 6 21.8 -52.1 277 47 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14075 -61.7 -83.0 4 21.3 -61.9 282 40 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16515 -71.7 -86.1 10 14.5 -71.7 284 29 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.70 m Freezing level: 603.21 mb = 4352.62 m = 14280.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.62 mb = 3290.08 m = 10794.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.81 mb = 1437.69 m = 4716.78 ft T: 14.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 3052.44 m = 10014.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.17 C = 100.70 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.05 C Showalter Index: 9.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 11.07 C K Index: 10.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6879.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.98 mb = 1475.46 m = 4840.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 48.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 10.58 m/s