MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 19 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 19.9 14.7 72 5.2 16.5 181 6 292.2 294.1 289.3 322.0 10.47 1 1000 143 20.5 13.9 66 6.6 16.3 185 14 293.6 295.4 289.4 322.2 9.99 2 950 586 18.4 11.5 64 6.9 14.2 203 21 295.9 297.5 289.3 322.0 9.02 3 900 1047 15.3 10.8 74 4.6 12.6 218 11 297.3 298.9 289.9 323.6 9.05 4 850 1530 14.1 -2.8 31 16.9 5.9 157 7 301.0 301.6 286.1 312.1 3.67 5 800 2040 13.4 -20.2 8 33.6 1.7 176 10 305.5 305.7 284.8 308.6 0.96 6 750 2580 11.4 -26.9 5 38.4 -0.3 197 11 309.0 309.1 285.7 310.9 0.56 7 700 3151 8.2 -27.3 6 35.5 -2.4 201 10 311.6 311.7 286.6 313.6 0.58 8 650 3758 4.6 -21.5 13 26.1 -4.1 221 11 314.1 314.3 288.0 317.7 1.05 9 600 4404 0.9 -17.0 25 17.8 -5.6 260 8 317.1 317.4 289.6 322.8 1.69 10 550 5096 -4.4 -15.7 41 11.3 -8.5 272 14 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.6 2.04 11 500 5838 -9.8 -21.7 37 11.9 -13.3 270 15 321.2 321.4 290.5 325.8 1.35 12 450 6642 -15.3 -31.0 25 15.6 -18.7 279 19 323.9 324.1 290.6 326.3 0.64 13 400 7522 -20.3 -45.1 9 24.8 -23.7 288 21 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.17 14 350 8498 -26.7 -48.5 11 21.8 -29.0 291 25 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 15 300 9590 -36.2 -52.0 18 15.9 -37.2 291 32 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10826 -46.8 -55.0 39 8.2 -47.2 291 49 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.09 17 200 12279 -51.7 -71.5 8 19.8 -52.0 278 64 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14101 -63.3 -81.3 7 18.0 -63.4 268 51 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16538 -70.8 -87.1 7 16.3 -70.8 281 24 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.91 m Freezing level: 591.83 mb = 4517.15 m = 14819.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.33 mb = 2487.34 m = 8160.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.11 mb = 720.64 m = 2364.29 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 15.01 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.23 mb = 3313.65 m = 10871.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.96 C = 103.93 F Cap Strength: 6.97 C Lifted Index: 5.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.82 C Showalter Index: 11.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 6.99 C K Index: -14.41 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8382.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.99 mb = 1314.34 m = 4312.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.0 neg: -27.4 tot: 43.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 8.96 m/s