MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 14.6 13.6 94 1.0 14.0 185 5 287.1 288.8 286.8 314.2 9.75 1 1000 133 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 13.9 196 12 287.7 289.4 287.1 314.9 9.74 2 950 570 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 213 29 292.0 293.8 289.5 322.2 10.68 3 900 1026 12.6 6.0 64 6.6 8.9 192 22 294.5 295.6 286.5 313.4 6.53 4 850 1505 13.7 -17.1 10 30.8 2.5 196 29 300.5 300.7 283.1 304.2 1.17 5 800 2015 13.1 -21.9 7 35.0 1.3 196 32 305.1 305.2 284.5 307.8 0.82 6 750 2553 10.7 -23.7 7 34.5 -0.4 195 30 308.2 308.4 285.6 310.8 0.75 7 700 3124 8.5 -34.4 3 42.9 -2.7 195 28 311.8 311.9 286.4 312.9 0.29 8 650 3732 5.6 -29.3 6 34.8 -4.4 198 25 315.2 315.3 287.8 317.1 0.52 9 600 4381 2.0 -25.4 11 27.4 -6.4 200 24 318.4 318.5 289.1 321.2 0.81 10 550 5075 -3.8 -18.4 31 14.7 -8.8 211 23 319.6 320.0 290.3 325.1 1.63 11 500 5817 -9.6 -22.9 33 13.3 -13.5 226 24 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.5 1.21 12 450 6624 -14.3 -36.0 14 21.7 -18.4 227 25 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.39 13 400 7510 -18.3 -48.9 5 30.5 -22.3 232 28 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 14 350 8489 -26.3 -52.0 7 25.7 -28.8 230 32 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 15 300 9582 -35.3 -50.0 21 14.7 -36.5 240 32 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.13 16 250 10826 -45.2 -51.3 50 6.2 -45.5 250 31 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.14 17 200 12278 -55.1 -60.5 51 5.4 -55.3 260 44 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.06 18 150 14087 -62.5 -74.0 20 11.6 -62.6 257 48 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16521 -72.0 -86.4 10 14.4 -72.1 246 33 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.32 m Freezing level: 582.89 mb = 4618.08 m = 15150.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.49 mb = 2426.30 m = 7960.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.50 mb = 188.66 m = 618.96 ft T: 14.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 18.04 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.38 mb = 3309.22 m = 10856.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.46 C = 104.83 F Cap Strength: 9.72 C Lifted Index: 7.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.78 C Showalter Index: 16.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: -7.50 C K Index: -36.72 Risk: None Sweat Index: 169.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9717.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.83 mb = 714.47 m = 2344.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.3 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 232.3 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: -49.3 tot: 49.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.17 Bulk Shear: 6.22 m/s