MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 18.8 14.7 77 4.1 16.2 176 6 291.2 293.0 288.9 320.7 10.44 1 1000 144 18.9 14.0 73 4.9 15.8 182 13 292.1 293.9 289.0 320.8 10.11 2 950 586 18.2 11.3 64 6.9 14.0 208 21 295.7 297.3 289.2 321.4 8.90 3 900 1047 15.3 10.5 73 4.8 12.3 216 12 297.2 298.8 289.7 323.0 8.86 4 850 1530 14.0 -3.3 30 17.3 5.7 165 10 300.9 301.5 285.9 311.6 3.52 5 800 2039 13.2 -20.4 8 33.6 1.6 179 12 305.3 305.4 284.7 308.4 0.95 6 750 2579 11.2 -25.2 6 36.3 -0.3 198 12 308.7 308.8 285.7 310.9 0.66 7 700 3150 8.2 -29.3 5 37.5 -2.6 201 11 311.5 311.6 286.5 313.2 0.48 8 650 3756 4.6 -21.5 13 26.1 -4.1 218 12 314.1 314.3 288.0 317.7 1.05 9 600 4403 0.9 -16.5 26 17.4 -5.5 240 7 317.1 317.4 289.6 323.0 1.75 10 550 5094 -4.5 -16.4 39 11.9 -8.8 261 12 318.7 319.1 290.3 325.1 1.93 11 500 5836 -9.8 -20.8 40 11.1 -13.2 261 13 321.2 321.4 290.6 326.1 1.45 12 450 6641 -15.0 -31.1 24 16.1 -18.5 275 17 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.63 13 400 7522 -19.7 -44.7 9 24.9 -23.2 280 19 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.18 14 350 8500 -26.6 -47.6 12 21.0 -28.9 284 25 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.15 15 300 9591 -36.2 -49.9 23 13.8 -37.2 289 32 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.13 16 250 10828 -47.0 -53.2 49 6.3 -47.2 285 47 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 17 200 12277 -52.5 -67.2 15 14.7 -52.8 277 62 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14097 -62.7 -80.8 7 18.1 -62.9 265 47 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16540 -71.2 -86.8 8 15.6 -71.2 282 26 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.07 m Freezing level: 592.13 mb = 4511.57 m = 14801.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.58 mb = 2483.60 m = 8148.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.41 mb = 591.25 m = 1939.76 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.94 mb = 3315.73 m = 10878.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.91 C = 103.83 F Cap Strength: 7.08 C Lifted Index: 5.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.08 C Showalter Index: 11.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 6.46 C K Index: -16.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8049.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.54 mb = 1250.73 m = 4103.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: -24.6 tot: 47.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.05 Bulk Shear: 5.05 m/s