MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 58 12.9 5.8 62 7.1 9.2 192 2 285.3 286.3 281.9 301.3 5.74 1 1000 144 15.6 3.2 43 12.4 9.2 169 6 288.8 289.6 282.4 302.5 4.80 2 950 578 14.2 5.3 55 8.9 9.4 270 7 291.6 292.6 284.8 308.5 5.89 3 900 1032 11.7 -1.5 40 13.2 5.5 324 5 293.6 294.3 283.3 304.8 3.81 4 850 1509 12.7 -27.9 4 40.6 1.0 331 7 299.5 299.6 281.7 301.0 0.45 5 800 2017 13.4 -27.4 4 40.8 1.0 326 11 305.4 305.5 284.2 307.1 0.50 6 750 2557 11.0 -8.6 24 19.6 2.3 331 10 308.5 309.0 287.8 317.0 2.66 7 700 3129 7.9 -1.0 53 8.9 3.3 331 11 311.3 312.2 290.9 327.2 5.10 8 650 3737 4.5 -6.4 45 10.9 -0.6 345 17 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.8 3.65 9 600 4383 0.1 -8.2 54 8.3 -3.6 344 16 316.2 316.8 290.9 327.3 3.43 10 550 5074 -4.2 -12.9 51 8.7 -7.6 330 15 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.6 2.57 11 500 5819 -9.0 -18.9 44 9.9 -12.3 309 18 322.0 322.4 291.1 327.9 1.72 12 450 6624 -14.9 -22.7 52 7.8 -17.1 289 17 324.5 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.37 13 400 7503 -21.8 -25.4 72 3.6 -22.7 274 20 326.7 326.9 292.0 330.9 1.21 14 350 8472 -27.8 -30.8 75 3.0 -28.4 276 21 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.3 0.84 15 300 9563 -35.8 -38.9 73 3.1 -36.2 269 20 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.44 16 250 10801 -47.1 -50.5 68 3.4 -47.3 263 31 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12235 -57.2 -65.2 36 7.9 -57.4 264 50 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 14026 -62.4 -79.9 8 17.5 -62.5 284 40 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16468 -70.7 -86.4 8 15.7 -70.8 295 31 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.02 m Freezing level: 599.30 mb = 4392.27 m = 14410.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.32 mb = 3644.67 m = 11957.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.29 mb = 964.21 m = 3163.37 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 7.54 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 554.10 mb = 5015.22 m = 16453.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.63 C = 115.94 F Cap Strength: 15.24 C Lifted Index: 16.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.19 C Showalter Index: 18.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 2.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.74 C Cross Totals Index: -18.84 C K Index: -15.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13109.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.01 mb = 1820.55 m = 5972.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.9 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 357.9 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.9 neg: -7.2 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 31.16 m/s