MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z MON 20 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 1007 65 17.3 12.5 73 4.8 14.4 288 8 289.9 291.5 287.2 315.5 9.08 1 1000 121 16.7 12.0 74 4.7 13.9 287 11 289.9 291.4 287.0 314.8 8.85 2 950 555 13.3 7.5 68 5.8 10.0 289 27 290.7 291.9 285.4 310.2 6.85 3 900 1007 9.4 1.9 60 7.5 5.6 293 31 291.2 292.0 283.5 305.3 4.88 4 850 1480 8.5 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 255 25 295.1 296.5 287.9 317.6 7.77 5 800 1980 7.1 3.0 75 4.1 4.9 217 42 298.7 299.7 287.5 316.2 5.93 6 750 2509 5.9 -30.0 5 35.9 -3.5 228 50 303.0 303.0 283.1 304.4 0.42 7 700 3071 5.9 -40.1 2 46.1 -4.3 224 58 309.1 309.1 285.2 309.7 0.17 8 650 3673 3.0 -36.2 4 39.2 -6.2 229 63 312.3 312.4 286.5 313.3 0.27 9 600 4316 -0.9 -33.9 6 33.0 -8.7 227 67 315.0 315.1 287.5 316.3 0.36 10 550 5002 -6.3 -31.1 12 24.8 -12.2 229 71 316.5 316.6 288.2 318.4 0.52 11 500 5738 -11.7 -46.0 4 34.2 -16.9 238 77 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.2 0.12 12 450 6536 -16.6 -49.2 4 32.5 -20.7 248 84 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.10 13 400 7408 -23.9 -48.0 9 24.1 -26.5 245 87 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.3 0.12 14 350 8366 -31.9 -52.6 11 20.7 -33.4 248 81 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.1 0.08 15 300 9441 -37.6 -70.2 2 32.7 -38.7 235 79 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.01 16 250 10685 -42.5 -71.0 3 28.4 -43.4 221 95 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.01 17 200 12168 -50.5 -73.8 5 23.4 -50.9 231 84 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14005 -59.7 -80.2 5 20.5 -59.9 238 61 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16491 -66.3 -83.2 8 16.9 -66.4 225 30 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.38 m Freezing level: 612.06 mb = 4160.89 m = 13651.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.76 mb = 2285.10 m = 7496.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.62 % Est. max temperature: 21.96 C = 71.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.21 mb = 668.64 m = 2193.66 ft T: 12.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 13.20 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.41 mb = 3780.23 m = 12402.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.23 C = 104.42 F Cap Strength: 10.75 C Lifted Index: 10.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.73 C Showalter Index: 5.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: -18.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 219.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11595.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.11 mb = 1201.36 m = 3941.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 52.7 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 39.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 8.7 tot: 13.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.0 neg: -100.2 tot: 160.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 261.05 m/s