MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 36.34,-80.04 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -80.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 91 SFC 981 251 17.3 16.3 93 1.1 16.7 218 11 292.0 294.2 290.5 325.9 11.93 2 950 528 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 222 27 292.6 294.7 290.3 325.1 11.42 3 900 985 12.3 12.1 99 0.1 12.2 236 41 294.2 295.9 289.5 322.6 9.92 4 850 1462 8.8 8.6 99 0.2 8.7 251 43 295.4 296.8 288.5 319.3 8.27 5 800 1962 6.3 4.4 88 1.9 5.2 260 38 297.8 299.0 287.8 317.1 6.57 6 750 2489 3.8 2.2 89 1.6 2.9 248 31 300.7 301.7 288.2 318.5 5.97 7 700 3046 0.6 -2.4 80 3.0 -0.8 238 40 303.1 304.0 287.8 317.1 4.59 8 650 3641 1.2 -31.7 6 33.0 -6.9 231 55 310.4 310.5 285.9 311.8 0.41 9 600 4281 -1.2 -41.1 3 39.9 -9.2 237 63 314.7 314.7 287.2 315.3 0.17 10 550 4967 -6.8 -34.5 9 27.7 -12.7 233 63 316.0 316.1 287.9 317.3 0.37 11 500 5701 -12.9 -44.8 5 31.9 -17.6 242 76 317.4 317.4 288.1 317.9 0.14 12 450 6495 -18.4 -45.9 7 27.5 -22.0 242 80 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.6 0.14 13 400 7363 -24.0 -55.4 4 31.4 -26.7 238 76 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.05 14 350 8324 -30.0 -59.5 4 29.4 -31.9 219 81 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.4 0.04 15 300 9406 -36.7 -59.7 7 22.9 -37.9 216 93 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.04 16 250 10648 -43.8 -65.6 7 21.8 -44.5 220 88 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 17 200 12124 -49.9 -74.9 4 25.0 -50.4 231 75 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 13968 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 233 61 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16471 -65.2 -87.3 3 22.1 -65.3 245 30 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.18 m Freezing level: 624.82 mb = 3963.40 m = 13003.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.84 mb = 2922.26 m = 9587.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.60 % Est. max temperature: 21.53 C = 70.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.36 mb = 383.16 m = 1257.09 ft T: 16.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.39 mb = 750.07 m = 2460.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.67 C = 65.61 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 27.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 113.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.13 mb = 734.19 m = 2408.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.13 mb = 779.87 m = 2558.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 672.13 mb = 3372.46 m = 11064.35 ft B at Equ Level: 110.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 582.13 mb = 4519.54 m = 14827.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 50.7 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.6 neg: -19.2 tot: 290.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 106.99 m/s