MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1012 59 19.8 11.8 60 8.0 14.9 199 5 292.0 293.5 287.6 316.5 8.60 1 1000 159 18.1 11.1 64 6.9 13.9 204 5 291.2 292.7 287.1 314.9 8.34 2 950 599 17.0 12.1 73 4.9 14.0 268 9 294.4 296.1 289.2 321.3 9.37 3 900 1057 12.7 10.7 88 2.0 11.5 287 8 294.6 296.2 288.9 320.6 9.03 4 850 1535 11.7 -1.9 39 13.7 5.1 292 7 298.4 299.2 285.4 310.2 3.90 5 800 2042 12.5 -23.5 6 36.0 0.9 287 8 304.5 304.6 284.1 306.9 0.72 6 750 2581 10.7 -20.5 9 31.2 -0.0 281 5 308.2 308.4 285.9 311.5 1.00 7 700 3151 6.8 -1.0 57 7.8 2.8 276 1 310.0 311.0 290.5 325.9 5.08 8 650 3756 3.2 -2.6 66 5.7 0.3 254 5 312.5 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.88 9 600 4400 -1.1 -7.0 64 5.9 -3.8 261 8 314.8 315.5 290.8 326.9 3.77 10 550 5087 -5.8 -17.6 39 11.8 -9.8 259 13 317.2 317.5 289.6 323.0 1.74 11 500 5827 -10.5 -23.5 34 13.0 -14.2 256 18 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.2 1.15 12 450 6628 -16.3 -25.9 44 9.5 -18.7 257 23 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.3 1.03 13 400 7502 -23.5 -25.2 86 1.7 -23.9 262 29 324.5 324.7 291.4 328.8 1.23 14 350 8463 -30.5 -41.0 35 10.5 -31.7 269 34 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.8 0.30 15 300 9542 -37.1 -52.3 19 15.2 -38.1 277 44 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 16 250 10785 -44.4 -65.7 8 21.3 -45.0 287 48 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12244 -53.9 -71.0 10 17.2 -54.1 290 45 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 14055 -62.2 -81.1 6 19.0 -62.3 291 50 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16497 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 295 28 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.40 m Freezing level: 613.15 mb = 4230.40 m = 13879.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.07 mb = 2557.52 m = 8390.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.10 mb = 1074.71 m = 3525.90 ft T: 12.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 14.47 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.17 mb = 3136.86 m = 10291.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.90 C = 100.22 F Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lifted Index: 6.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.81 C Showalter Index: 11.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.26 C Cross Totals Index: 8.60 C K Index: 12.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 31.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8431.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.34 mb = 1166.14 m = 3825.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -25.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.67 Bulk Shear: 2.43 m/s