MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 1003 64 25.1 15.0 53 10.1 18.5 190 14 298.0 300.0 291.5 329.3 10.76 1 1000 91 24.6 14.7 54 9.9 18.1 191 14 297.7 299.6 291.2 328.4 10.54 2 950 537 20.0 13.6 67 6.3 15.9 192 25 297.4 299.3 291.0 327.6 10.38 3 900 1000 15.4 12.7 84 2.7 13.7 193 27 297.3 299.2 290.9 327.2 10.29 4 850 1482 11.0 10.8 99 0.2 10.9 201 30 297.6 299.4 290.5 325.6 9.60 5 800 1987 9.7 6.4 80 3.4 7.8 224 39 301.5 302.9 289.9 323.9 7.54 6 750 2523 9.4 3.9 68 5.6 6.3 216 29 306.8 308.1 291.0 327.3 6.74 7 700 3094 7.2 0.8 64 6.4 3.8 222 40 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.5 5.81 8 650 3701 4.3 -4.4 53 8.8 0.1 227 44 313.9 314.7 291.0 327.4 4.24 9 600 4347 0.1 -10.0 47 10.1 -4.2 229 49 316.2 316.8 290.5 325.9 2.98 10 550 5038 -4.0 -27.9 14 23.8 -10.4 213 49 319.3 319.4 289.3 321.8 0.70 11 500 5782 -9.1 -50.3 2 41.2 -15.2 212 54 321.9 321.9 289.4 322.2 0.08 12 450 6587 -15.0 -35.3 16 20.2 -18.9 219 56 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.9 0.42 13 400 7468 -20.0 -35.4 24 15.4 -22.8 215 56 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.7 0.47 14 350 8444 -26.3 -39.5 28 13.2 -28.2 208 59 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.6 0.35 15 300 9540 -34.8 -39.0 65 4.3 -35.3 201 59 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.1 0.43 16 250 10787 -43.8 -47.5 67 3.6 -44.1 217 63 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12256 -52.3 -69.7 11 17.3 -52.7 231 60 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14063 -63.3 -79.3 10 15.9 -63.5 228 49 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16510 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 237 37 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.51 m Freezing level: 599.32 mb = 4356.33 m = 14292.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.08 mb = 3712.20 m = 12178.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.97 % Est. max temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.94 mb = 1334.98 m = 4379.81 ft T: 12.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 5.36 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.16 mb = 1342.62 m = 4404.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.67 C = 76.41 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 24.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.13 mb = 1333.17 m = 4373.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.13 mb = 1382.00 m = 4534.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 820.13 mb = 1779.77 m = 5839.06 ft B at Equ Level: 5.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 790.13 mb = 2089.89 m = 6856.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.0 neg: -36.2 tot: 181.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 68.66 m/s