MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.94,-77.77 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -77.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 76 25.3 15.1 53 10.3 18.6 183 6 297.9 299.8 291.5 329.1 10.74 1 1000 140 22.8 14.1 58 8.8 17.2 193 7 296.0 297.8 290.3 325.3 10.14 2 950 583 18.1 12.6 70 5.5 14.7 198 9 295.6 297.3 289.9 323.6 9.72 3 900 1043 14.3 9.2 71 5.1 11.3 225 16 296.3 297.7 288.7 319.9 8.14 4 850 1525 13.7 -7.5 22 21.3 4.4 236 14 300.5 301.0 284.7 308.4 2.55 5 800 2034 13.2 -9.3 20 22.5 3.4 224 11 305.2 305.6 286.2 312.6 2.35 6 750 2573 10.7 -1.3 43 12.0 4.5 218 12 308.1 309.0 289.5 322.5 4.63 7 700 3144 6.7 1.6 70 5.1 3.9 227 13 309.8 311.0 291.4 328.8 6.14 8 650 3748 2.2 -1.0 79 3.3 0.5 236 14 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.6 5.47 9 600 4390 -1.9 -5.4 77 3.4 -3.6 241 15 313.9 314.7 291.0 327.5 4.28 10 550 5076 -6.8 -9.5 81 2.7 -7.9 245 21 316.0 316.6 290.8 326.9 3.38 11 500 5813 -11.4 -21.4 43 10.0 -14.3 255 26 319.1 319.3 289.9 323.8 1.38 12 450 6612 -17.5 -23.9 57 6.5 -19.1 265 27 321.3 321.5 290.5 325.6 1.23 13 400 7482 -24.3 -29.3 63 5.0 -25.3 273 21 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.4 0.84 14 350 8438 -32.2 -38.8 52 6.5 -33.0 276 19 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.7 0.38 15 300 9508 -39.3 -47.9 40 8.6 -39.9 289 25 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.17 16 250 10743 -44.8 -62.1 13 17.3 -45.4 292 49 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.04 17 200 12206 -52.2 -71.4 8 19.2 -52.6 276 48 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14030 -61.5 -82.8 4 21.3 -61.6 284 49 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16490 -69.0 -86.2 7 17.3 -69.1 286 26 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.38 m Freezing level: 623.21 mb = 4092.07 m = 13425.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3831.03 m = 12568.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.55 mb = 1361.96 m = 4468.31 ft T: 13.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 20.67 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.73 mb = 2914.18 m = 9560.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.00 F Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lifted Index: 3.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.76 C Showalter Index: 11.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 3.95 C K Index: 12.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6742.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.88 mb = 1339.26 m = 4393.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.1 neg: -7.8 tot: 34.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 14.97 m/s