MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 12.1 6.1 67 6.0 8.9 198 2 284.4 285.4 281.6 300.7 5.84 1 1000 146 15.1 3.3 45 11.8 9.0 196 7 288.3 289.1 282.2 302.1 4.84 2 950 580 14.3 6.3 59 8.0 9.9 273 8 291.7 292.8 285.2 309.7 6.29 3 900 1035 11.6 3.0 55 8.6 7.2 310 6 293.5 294.4 284.9 308.8 5.27 4 850 1512 12.7 -27.9 4 40.6 1.0 307 6 299.4 299.5 281.7 300.9 0.45 5 800 2020 13.4 -27.0 4 40.4 1.1 316 10 305.5 305.6 284.2 307.2 0.52 6 750 2560 11.0 -5.9 30 16.9 3.1 319 8 308.5 309.1 288.3 318.8 3.28 7 700 3132 8.0 -2.6 47 10.6 2.7 340 10 311.3 312.2 290.4 325.5 4.51 8 650 3739 3.8 -4.7 54 8.6 -0.3 346 12 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.4 4.13 9 600 4384 -0.5 -7.6 59 7.1 -3.7 323 10 315.6 316.2 290.9 327.1 3.60 10 550 5074 -4.8 -12.0 57 7.2 -7.7 296 11 318.3 318.9 291.0 327.4 2.76 11 500 5816 -10.0 -15.2 66 5.2 -11.9 278 15 320.8 321.3 291.3 328.6 2.34 12 450 6619 -15.6 -21.9 59 6.2 -17.4 263 18 323.6 323.9 291.3 328.7 1.48 13 400 7496 -22.0 -28.5 55 6.5 -23.4 260 25 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.7 0.91 14 350 8464 -28.8 -37.2 44 8.5 -29.9 256 32 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.45 15 300 9550 -36.4 -42.9 51 6.5 -37.0 253 31 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.2 0.29 16 250 10787 -46.9 -52.1 55 5.3 -47.1 247 28 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.12 17 200 12229 -56.6 -68.5 21 11.9 -56.8 267 54 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 14021 -62.4 -80.3 7 17.9 -62.5 292 44 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16469 -70.0 -85.9 8 15.9 -70.1 292 31 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.83 m Freezing level: 605.70 mb = 4310.12 m = 14140.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.66 mb = 3680.44 m = 12074.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.67 mb = 825.70 m = 2708.97 ft T: 12.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.64 mb = 4630.10 m = 15190.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.35 C = 111.82 F Cap Strength: 13.89 C Lifted Index: 14.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.73 C Showalter Index: 17.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.72 C Cross Totals Index: -17.85 C K Index: -15.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12914.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.71 mb = 1643.86 m = 5393.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.8 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 338.8 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 36.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 15.26 m/s