MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1010 59 23.8 13.9 54 9.9 17.5 230 6 296.1 297.9 290.2 324.8 9.94 1 1000 148 21.9 13.1 57 8.8 16.3 233 7 295.1 296.8 289.5 322.4 9.49 2 950 590 17.4 12.1 71 5.2 14.1 236 8 294.8 296.5 289.3 321.8 9.40 3 900 1048 12.9 11.2 90 1.7 11.9 240 9 294.8 296.5 289.2 321.6 9.33 4 850 1528 13.3 -1.5 36 14.8 6.0 276 8 300.1 300.8 286.1 312.3 4.03 5 800 2037 12.9 -33.6 2 46.5 0.4 263 8 304.9 304.9 283.7 305.9 0.28 6 750 2575 10.9 -26.5 5 37.4 -0.6 245 7 308.4 308.5 285.5 310.4 0.58 7 700 3146 7.1 -2.2 51 9.3 2.4 233 6 310.3 311.2 290.2 324.9 4.64 8 650 3751 3.4 -5.2 53 8.6 -0.7 249 10 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.5 4.00 9 600 4395 -0.9 -13.1 39 12.2 -5.6 248 13 315.1 315.5 289.6 322.7 2.33 10 550 5083 -5.2 -24.3 21 19.1 -10.6 262 17 317.9 318.1 289.2 321.3 0.98 11 500 5824 -10.5 -22.7 36 12.2 -14.0 264 24 320.3 320.5 290.1 324.5 1.23 12 450 6624 -16.8 -27.3 40 10.4 -19.3 266 26 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.3 0.91 13 400 7497 -23.1 -32.5 42 9.4 -24.8 274 28 324.9 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.62 14 350 8462 -29.3 -42.6 27 13.3 -30.8 286 33 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.26 15 300 9545 -36.2 -56.0 11 19.8 -37.4 291 39 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.06 16 250 10788 -44.9 -61.7 14 16.8 -45.4 289 42 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.04 17 200 12248 -53.8 -70.4 11 16.6 -54.1 284 43 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14061 -62.8 -80.7 7 17.9 -62.9 291 47 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16499 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 287 26 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.80 m Freezing level: 610.24 mb = 4263.09 m = 13986.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.42 mb = 2264.74 m = 7430.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.15 mb = 1302.69 m = 4273.87 ft T: 13.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.57 mb = 3033.37 m = 9951.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.74 C = 99.93 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: 4.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.79 C Showalter Index: 10.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 8.96 C K Index: 12.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7440.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.26 mb = 1253.66 m = 4113.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 3.52 m/s