MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 1008 65 14.5 13.7 95 0.8 14.0 189 5 287.0 288.7 286.8 314.3 9.83 1 1000 133 14.9 13.6 92 1.3 14.1 200 13 288.0 289.8 287.2 315.5 9.81 2 950 570 16.4 6.5 52 9.9 10.8 206 26 293.8 294.9 286.1 312.3 6.39 3 900 1027 12.7 8.3 75 4.4 10.1 194 21 294.5 295.9 287.6 316.6 7.63 4 850 1507 13.8 -16.3 11 30.0 2.7 194 26 300.6 300.8 283.2 304.6 1.26 5 800 2017 13.8 -21.4 7 35.3 1.7 195 29 305.9 306.1 284.8 308.8 0.86 6 750 2556 11.2 -23.4 7 34.6 -0.1 197 27 308.8 308.9 285.8 311.4 0.77 7 700 3128 8.7 -34.3 3 42.9 -2.6 196 26 312.1 312.1 286.4 313.1 0.30 8 650 3736 5.6 -27.6 7 33.2 -4.2 201 23 315.2 315.4 287.9 317.4 0.61 9 600 4384 1.7 -24.6 12 26.4 -6.4 204 22 318.1 318.3 289.1 321.2 0.87 10 550 5078 -3.9 -18.9 30 15.1 -8.9 216 21 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.8 1.56 11 500 5820 -10.0 -21.7 38 11.7 -13.5 230 23 320.8 321.0 290.4 325.4 1.34 12 450 6626 -14.8 -33.3 19 18.5 -18.6 229 22 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.51 13 400 7511 -18.5 -44.7 8 26.1 -22.3 232 24 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.18 14 350 8489 -26.2 -50.8 8 24.6 -28.7 231 30 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 15 300 9583 -35.3 -54.1 13 18.7 -36.6 243 32 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 16 250 10826 -45.2 -50.9 52 5.8 -45.4 253 31 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.14 17 200 12279 -54.7 -60.0 52 5.3 -54.9 266 45 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14087 -62.4 -81.4 6 19.0 -62.5 257 50 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16524 -71.9 -86.3 10 14.4 -71.9 247 31 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.48 m Freezing level: 584.39 mb = 4601.15 m = 15095.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.68 mb = 2526.37 m = 8288.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.11 C = 80.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.82 mb = 159.99 m = 524.89 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.04 mb = 4183.90 m = 13726.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.84 C = 112.71 F Cap Strength: 11.63 C Lifted Index: 9.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.80 C Showalter Index: 15.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: -6.21 C K Index: -35.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 174.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10994.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.14 mb = 1252.53 m = 4109.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.8 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 233.8 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.6 neg: -27.7 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.80 Bulk Shear: 4.69 m/s