MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 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 1010 59 16.7 5.6 48 11.2 10.7 30 2 289.0 290.0 283.4 305.1 5.63 1 1000 144 17.6 4.0 40 13.6 10.4 356 3 290.8 291.7 283.5 305.4 5.08 2 950 579 13.8 3.6 50 10.2 8.5 301 6 291.2 292.1 283.9 306.2 5.22 3 900 1031 10.9 -0.1 47 10.9 5.6 323 13 292.7 293.5 283.4 305.1 4.23 4 850 1508 11.6 -24.8 6 36.4 0.7 342 12 298.3 298.4 281.4 300.3 0.60 5 800 2014 12.3 -26.3 5 38.6 0.5 327 13 304.3 304.4 283.8 306.2 0.56 6 750 2552 10.3 -18.9 11 29.2 -0.0 342 16 307.8 308.0 285.9 311.5 1.14 7 700 3122 7.7 -10.2 27 17.8 0.0 357 18 311.0 311.4 288.4 319.1 2.52 8 650 3728 4.2 -6.7 45 10.9 -0.8 358 19 313.7 314.4 290.3 325.2 3.57 9 600 4375 1.3 -12.2 36 13.5 -4.2 353 25 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.9 2.50 10 550 5070 -2.7 -18.8 28 16.1 -8.3 347 26 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.57 11 500 5818 -7.6 -20.8 34 13.2 -11.8 336 24 323.8 324.1 291.4 328.8 1.45 12 450 6628 -13.5 -25.4 36 11.9 -16.7 317 23 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.0 1.08 13 400 7511 -20.5 -32.4 34 11.9 -22.8 318 27 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.7 0.63 14 350 8483 -27.8 -38.7 35 10.9 -29.3 311 36 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.7 0.38 15 300 9576 -35.2 -39.7 64 4.5 -35.8 314 38 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.2 0.40 16 250 10819 -45.0 -49.6 60 4.5 -45.3 298 51 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.17 17 200 12272 -55.5 -63.1 38 7.7 -55.6 289 55 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 18 150 14059 -66.0 -77.4 19 11.3 -66.1 281 45 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16478 -71.7 -85.7 11 13.9 -71.8 305 35 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.89 m Freezing level: 583.74 mb = 4600.85 m = 15094.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.31 mb = 2514.96 m = 8251.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.35 % Est. max temperature: 24.84 C = 76.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.42 mb = 1464.37 m = 4804.31 ft T: 11.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 5.97 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 526.17 mb = 5417.17 m = 17772.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.00 C = 122.01 F Cap Strength: 16.72 C Lifted Index: 17.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.94 C Showalter Index: 20.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 1.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.20 C Cross Totals Index: -17.24 C K Index: -23.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 48.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13273.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.77 mb = 1933.25 m = 6342.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.2 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 14.2 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 25.93 m/s