MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 16.5 14.5 88 2.0 15.3 189 6 289.0 290.8 288.1 317.9 10.33 1 1000 138 16.7 13.7 83 2.9 14.8 195 14 289.8 291.6 288.0 317.7 9.93 2 950 578 17.8 11.3 66 6.5 13.8 206 20 295.2 296.8 289.0 320.8 8.87 3 900 1038 15.2 8.4 64 6.8 11.2 194 13 297.1 298.5 288.6 319.6 7.70 4 850 1520 13.2 -2.9 33 16.0 5.5 173 15 299.9 300.6 285.7 311.0 3.64 5 800 2029 13.7 -23.3 6 37.0 1.5 189 17 305.8 305.9 284.7 308.3 0.73 6 750 2569 11.4 -27.0 5 38.4 -0.4 194 16 308.9 309.0 285.6 310.8 0.56 7 700 3140 8.4 -25.5 7 33.9 -2.1 196 16 311.7 311.9 286.8 314.1 0.68 8 650 3748 5.1 -22.0 12 27.1 -3.9 211 16 314.7 314.9 288.1 318.1 1.01 9 600 4395 1.0 -14.3 31 15.3 -5.0 218 14 317.2 317.6 290.0 324.2 2.10 10 550 5087 -4.8 -14.9 45 10.1 -8.5 230 15 318.4 318.9 290.5 325.7 2.19 11 500 5828 -10.1 -24.4 30 14.3 -14.0 239 16 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.3 1.06 12 450 6632 -15.0 -34.1 18 19.0 -18.8 247 19 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.1 0.47 13 400 7514 -19.5 -49.8 5 30.2 -23.2 249 20 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.10 14 350 8491 -27.0 -43.5 19 16.5 -28.9 256 26 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.23 15 300 9582 -36.2 -52.1 18 16.0 -37.2 270 31 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10819 -46.2 -54.6 38 8.4 -46.6 277 42 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.09 17 200 12271 -54.0 -62.6 34 8.5 -54.2 277 48 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.04 18 150 14088 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 261 54 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16535 -70.7 -86.4 8 15.7 -70.8 259 28 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.75 m Freezing level: 591.67 mb = 4510.32 m = 14797.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.09 mb = 2456.95 m = 8060.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.57 mb = 323.70 m = 1061.99 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.34 mb = 3507.37 m = 11506.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.14 C = 106.05 F Cap Strength: 8.25 C Lifted Index: 6.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.10 C Showalter Index: 11.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 7.28 C K Index: -13.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 185.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9080.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.85 mb = 1180.95 m = 3874.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.8 neg: -24.1 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 77.92 Bulk Shear: 0.37 m/s