MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1011 58 12.6 7.7 72 5.0 9.9 157 3 284.8 286.0 282.5 303.0 6.50 1 1000 152 16.2 7.4 56 8.8 11.3 195 13 289.3 290.5 284.4 307.7 6.47 2 950 589 15.8 8.7 63 7.1 11.7 239 11 293.2 294.5 286.9 314.6 7.45 3 900 1046 12.7 9.9 83 2.8 11.1 302 8 294.6 296.2 288.5 319.3 8.56 4 850 1524 11.7 -8.9 23 20.6 3.1 307 8 298.4 298.8 283.5 305.4 2.29 5 800 2031 12.4 -18.4 10 30.8 1.4 306 9 304.4 304.6 284.6 308.0 1.12 6 750 2569 10.6 -17.4 12 27.9 0.3 313 8 308.1 308.3 286.2 312.3 1.30 7 700 3139 7.0 -0.5 59 7.5 3.1 333 6 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.6 5.26 8 650 3745 3.4 -2.1 67 5.5 0.6 315 6 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.04 9 600 4389 -0.9 -5.6 70 4.7 -3.1 303 9 315.0 315.8 291.3 328.4 4.18 10 550 5078 -5.7 -11.4 64 5.6 -8.0 279 11 317.3 317.9 290.8 326.8 2.92 11 500 5818 -10.3 -20.0 45 9.7 -13.3 264 15 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.9 1.57 12 450 6619 -16.4 -25.2 47 8.8 -18.6 256 19 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.4 1.10 13 400 7495 -22.3 -35.0 30 12.8 -24.4 256 26 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.8 0.49 14 350 8460 -30.4 -31.4 91 1.0 -30.6 253 38 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.6 0.79 15 300 9538 -37.5 -46.9 37 9.4 -38.2 251 46 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.19 16 250 10777 -45.1 -62.4 13 17.3 -45.7 267 52 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.03 17 200 12233 -54.2 -70.2 12 16.0 -54.5 280 51 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 18 150 14040 -62.6 -81.5 6 18.9 -62.7 291 50 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16483 -70.5 -86.3 8 15.7 -70.6 297 29 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.25 m Freezing level: 610.71 mb = 4251.22 m = 13947.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.92 mb = 3845.55 m = 12616.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.31 C = 77.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.36 mb = 693.15 m = 2274.08 ft T: 15.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 13.89 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.80 mb = 3847.14 m = 12621.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.01 C = 105.83 F Cap Strength: 10.15 C Lifted Index: 10.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.81 C Showalter Index: 15.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.94 C Cross Totals Index: 1.37 C K Index: 5.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 31.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10710.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.38 mb = 1354.87 m = 4445.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.7 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 316.7 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 21.07 m/s