MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 33.18,-82.20 Latitude: 33.18 Longitude: -82.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 101 20.7 19.0 90 1.7 19.6 285 3 293.6 296.1 292.6 333.4 13.96 1 1000 127 20.9 19.0 89 1.9 19.6 279 4 294.0 296.5 292.7 333.8 13.92 2 950 570 18.5 17.7 95 0.8 18.0 279 16 296.0 298.4 293.0 335.0 13.55 3 900 1033 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 276 20 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.6 12.62 4 850 1518 13.1 12.6 97 0.5 12.8 268 26 299.9 301.8 292.2 331.7 10.86 5 800 2026 10.3 9.8 96 0.6 10.0 251 32 302.2 303.9 291.9 330.5 9.54 6 750 2561 7.4 4.4 81 3.0 5.8 250 43 304.6 305.9 290.5 325.8 7.02 7 700 3128 6.9 -11.8 25 18.7 -0.7 263 47 310.1 310.5 287.8 317.2 2.21 8 650 3734 4.3 -27.3 8 31.6 -4.8 263 50 313.9 314.0 287.5 316.1 0.63 9 600 4379 0.0 -30.0 8 30.0 -7.9 258 49 316.2 316.3 288.1 318.0 0.53 10 550 5068 -5.4 -29.4 13 24.1 -11.4 267 48 317.7 317.8 288.7 319.9 0.61 11 500 5808 -9.9 -29.3 19 19.4 -14.6 277 56 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.68 12 450 6609 -17.0 -35.6 18 18.6 -20.3 273 57 321.9 321.9 289.8 323.4 0.41 13 400 7480 -23.9 -46.5 11 22.5 -26.4 270 56 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.15 14 350 8439 -31.4 -54.7 8 23.4 -33.0 267 56 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.7 0.06 15 300 9512 -39.5 -56.6 15 17.1 -40.4 256 57 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.06 16 250 10737 -47.2 -64.9 11 17.8 -47.6 246 62 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 17 200 12192 -53.2 -68.5 14 15.4 -53.4 243 72 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14016 -60.4 -80.7 5 20.3 -60.5 251 59 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16495 -68.3 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.4 263 43 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.74 m Freezing level: 599.58 mb = 4384.62 m = 14385.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.70 mb = 3061.56 m = 10044.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.95 mb = 310.75 m = 1019.50 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 18.92 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.46 mb = 822.26 m = 2697.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.52 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 16.94 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 522.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.67 mb = 673.16 m = 2208.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.67 mb = 1188.63 m = 3899.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.67 mb = 2969.35 m = 9741.85 ft B at Equ Level: 60.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.67 mb = 12395.76 m = 40668.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 5.3 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 4.39 Bulk Shear: 119.10 m/s