MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z 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 1009 59 17.6 6.8 49 10.8 11.6 113 2 289.9 291.0 284.4 307.5 6.14 1 1000 139 18.6 5.7 43 12.9 11.5 100 1 291.7 292.8 284.7 308.3 5.73 2 950 576 14.9 4.8 51 10.1 9.5 282 4 292.3 293.3 284.8 308.7 5.68 3 900 1030 11.6 2.1 52 9.5 6.8 304 12 293.4 294.3 284.5 307.8 4.94 4 850 1508 12.7 -28.5 4 41.2 1.0 336 11 299.4 299.5 281.7 300.9 0.43 5 800 2015 12.8 -22.3 7 35.0 1.1 326 13 304.7 304.9 284.3 307.4 0.80 6 750 2553 10.2 -18.0 12 28.2 0.1 330 14 307.7 307.9 285.9 311.8 1.24 7 700 3123 7.4 -19.5 13 26.9 -1.9 342 16 310.7 310.9 286.9 314.6 1.17 8 650 3729 4.6 -9.4 35 14.0 -1.5 343 20 314.2 314.7 289.8 323.5 2.87 9 600 4377 1.1 -9.6 45 10.6 -3.6 341 21 317.4 317.9 291.0 327.4 3.09 10 550 5071 -2.7 -14.1 41 11.5 -7.1 334 22 320.9 321.4 291.3 328.8 2.33 11 500 5820 -7.1 -21.9 30 14.8 -11.8 317 24 324.3 324.6 291.4 329.0 1.33 12 450 6631 -13.5 -25.8 35 12.3 -16.7 308 23 326.2 326.4 291.7 329.9 1.04 13 400 7515 -20.1 -31.7 35 11.6 -22.5 301 26 328.8 329.0 292.0 331.3 0.67 14 350 8490 -27.1 -37.3 37 10.2 -28.6 302 36 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.9 0.44 15 300 9584 -35.0 -42.5 46 7.5 -35.8 310 36 336.1 336.1 293.6 337.2 0.30 16 250 10828 -45.0 -49.6 60 4.6 -45.3 296 45 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.16 17 200 12281 -55.2 -64.1 32 8.9 -55.4 284 55 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14073 -65.6 -78.8 14 13.2 -65.7 279 42 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16489 -72.3 -86.2 11 13.9 -72.3 304 31 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.22 m Freezing level: 585.66 mb = 4575.82 m = 15012.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.03 mb = 2575.12 m = 8448.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.04 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.17 mb = 1417.98 m = 4652.12 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 7.82 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 544.14 mb = 5155.24 m = 16913.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.05 C = 120.29 F Cap Strength: 15.20 C Lifted Index: 16.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.36 C Showalter Index: 20.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -1.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.82 C Cross Totals Index: -21.34 C K Index: -35.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12833.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.10 mb = 1869.03 m = 6131.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.1 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 1.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 49.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 24.85 m/s