MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1012 59 19.2 9.0 52 10.2 13.3 202 6 291.3 292.6 285.9 311.7 7.13 1 1000 163 17.1 8.1 56 9.0 12.0 205 6 290.2 291.4 285.2 309.6 6.80 2 950 598 14.5 10.3 76 4.2 12.0 240 7 291.9 293.4 287.2 315.5 8.28 3 900 1053 12.0 5.4 64 6.7 8.4 258 7 293.9 295.0 286.0 312.0 6.23 4 850 1531 12.6 -17.6 11 30.3 2.0 301 9 299.4 299.6 282.5 303.0 1.12 5 800 2038 12.7 -26.4 5 39.0 0.7 292 6 304.6 304.7 284.0 306.5 0.55 6 750 2577 10.9 -11.0 20 21.9 1.7 254 4 308.4 308.8 287.2 315.4 2.19 7 700 3148 6.9 -1.5 55 8.4 2.6 224 5 310.1 311.0 290.4 325.4 4.91 8 650 3753 3.0 -5.1 55 8.1 -0.9 230 8 312.3 313.1 290.3 325.0 4.02 9 600 4396 -1.2 -9.1 55 7.9 -4.6 237 11 314.8 315.4 290.3 325.1 3.21 10 550 5084 -5.6 -15.5 46 9.9 -9.1 243 16 317.5 317.9 290.1 324.4 2.09 11 500 5824 -10.6 -23.5 34 12.9 -14.2 251 18 320.1 320.3 290.0 324.1 1.15 12 450 6624 -16.4 -29.3 32 13.0 -19.2 256 24 322.7 322.8 290.4 325.3 0.75 13 400 7498 -23.0 -35.2 32 12.2 -25.0 259 28 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.9 0.48 14 350 8459 -31.5 -36.5 61 5.1 -32.1 254 30 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.48 15 300 9536 -38.0 -53.8 18 15.8 -38.9 263 35 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 16 250 10773 -44.4 -64.4 9 20.0 -45.0 276 47 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12235 -54.1 -69.5 13 15.4 -54.4 288 46 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14044 -62.3 -80.5 7 18.2 -62.5 292 45 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16487 -69.3 -86.5 6 17.2 -69.4 301 27 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.12 m Freezing level: 614.02 mb = 4215.27 m = 13829.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.43 mb = 3598.06 m = 11804.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.16 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.20 mb = 1334.53 m = 4378.31 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.30 mb = 3698.82 m = 12135.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.06 C = 104.12 F Cap Strength: 10.31 C Lifted Index: 9.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.60 C Showalter Index: 16.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: -7.03 C K Index: -2.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10978.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.13 mb = 1296.81 m = 4254.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.34 Bulk Shear: 3.49 m/s