MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 35.8,-85.62 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -85.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 175 SFC 990 264 17.1 4.9 44 12.3 10.5 144 2 291.2 292.1 284.1 306.9 5.47 2 950 608 12.3 2.2 50 10.1 7.2 142 2 289.6 290.5 282.7 303.2 4.70 3 900 1057 8.9 -8.2 29 17.1 2.1 218 3 290.7 291.1 280.2 297.5 2.28 4 850 1531 10.0 -34.4 3 44.4 -0.8 287 10 296.6 296.6 280.2 297.4 0.24 5 800 2033 9.7 -31.3 4 41.0 -1.2 278 15 301.5 301.5 282.4 302.7 0.35 6 750 2566 8.5 -10.1 26 18.5 0.7 276 20 305.7 306.2 286.5 313.2 2.37 7 700 3133 5.8 -7.5 38 13.3 -0.1 283 24 309.0 309.5 288.3 318.8 3.12 8 650 3737 3.2 -8.6 41 11.9 -1.9 281 28 312.6 313.2 289.5 322.5 3.07 9 600 4380 -0.8 -17.0 28 16.3 -6.5 276 31 315.3 315.6 289.0 320.8 1.68 10 550 5069 -5.2 -22.9 23 17.8 -10.4 277 34 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.7 1.10 11 500 5810 -10.0 -26.9 24 16.9 -14.4 276 36 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.7 0.84 12 450 6613 -16.0 -35.5 17 19.5 -19.7 276 38 323.1 323.1 290.2 324.6 0.41 13 400 7487 -22.8 -49.4 7 26.5 -25.7 278 40 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.11 14 350 8449 -30.9 -49.2 15 18.3 -32.5 273 39 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.12 15 300 9522 -39.6 -54.2 20 14.6 -40.4 263 35 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 16 250 10747 -47.7 -63.9 14 16.1 -48.1 276 40 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.03 17 200 12191 -55.5 -70.2 14 14.7 -55.7 278 45 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 13998 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.5 270 40 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16466 -68.5 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 264 33 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.05 m Freezing level: 609.38 mb = 4259.77 m = 13975.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 863.57 mb = 1399.58 m = 4591.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.52 C = 74.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.99 mb = 1798.25 m = 5899.71 ft T: 9.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 515.92 mb = 5566.44 m = 18262.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.76 C = 114.37 F Cap Strength: 16.86 C Lifted Index: 17.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.26 C Showalter Index: 19.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -4.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.00 C Cross Totals Index: -24.35 C K Index: -27.71 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14508.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.84 mb = 2286.33 m = 7501.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 63.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 75.24 m/s