MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.11,-78.90 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 54 12.7 7.3 70 5.4 9.7 150 3 284.9 286.0 282.4 302.6 6.34 1 1000 145 16.3 6.5 52 9.8 10.9 192 9 289.5 290.5 284.1 306.8 6.09 2 950 581 15.3 7.2 59 8.0 10.7 247 9 292.7 293.9 286.1 312.1 6.73 3 900 1037 12.6 9.0 79 3.6 10.5 305 11 294.5 296.0 288.0 317.7 8.05 4 850 1515 11.9 -14.5 14 26.4 2.1 320 7 298.6 298.9 282.7 303.2 1.46 5 800 2022 12.5 -18.0 10 30.5 1.5 315 10 304.5 304.7 284.7 308.3 1.16 6 750 2560 10.5 -18.2 11 28.8 0.1 321 10 308.0 308.2 286.0 312.0 1.21 7 700 3130 7.2 -0.7 57 7.8 3.1 330 10 310.4 311.4 290.7 326.7 5.21 8 650 3737 4.1 -3.1 59 7.2 0.5 330 9 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.4 4.67 9 600 4383 -0.1 -6.8 60 6.7 -3.2 313 12 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.3 3.82 10 550 5074 -4.8 -11.3 60 6.5 -7.4 285 11 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.0 2.94 11 500 5816 -9.7 -17.7 52 8.1 -12.3 269 15 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.7 1.90 12 450 6620 -15.8 -23.1 53 7.3 -17.8 268 19 323.4 323.6 291.1 327.9 1.32 13 400 7497 -21.9 -31.6 41 9.6 -23.8 261 23 326.5 326.6 291.4 329.0 0.68 14 350 8464 -28.9 -42.6 26 13.7 -30.4 257 31 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.26 15 300 9550 -36.8 -42.0 59 5.2 -37.4 248 37 333.5 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.32 16 250 10786 -46.3 -55.9 33 9.6 -46.7 255 41 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 17 200 12234 -55.3 -70.6 13 15.3 -55.6 273 55 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.01 18 150 14029 -63.1 -78.8 10 15.7 -63.3 284 49 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16475 -70.3 -87.4 6 17.1 -70.4 290 29 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.51 m Freezing level: 601.26 mb = 4366.66 m = 14326.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.38 mb = 3819.51 m = 12531.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.82 mb = 743.78 m = 2440.20 ft T: 14.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.54 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.30 mb = 4219.06 m = 13841.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.22 C = 109.79 F Cap Strength: 11.52 C Lifted Index: 12.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.84 C Showalter Index: 17.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.56 C Cross Totals Index: -4.84 C K Index: -0.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11623.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.05 mb = 1465.31 m = 4807.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.3 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 330.3 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 59.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 22.28 m/s