MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 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 21.0 14.4 66 6.6 16.8 178 5 293.3 295.1 289.5 322.5 10.25 1 1000 149 21.5 13.9 62 7.6 16.7 189 13 294.6 296.4 289.8 323.4 10.02 2 950 591 18.0 12.4 70 5.6 14.5 202 14 295.5 297.2 289.7 323.1 9.58 3 900 1051 13.7 11.5 86 2.2 12.4 220 12 295.7 297.4 289.7 323.1 9.52 4 850 1533 13.6 -1.0 37 14.6 6.3 143 2 300.4 301.1 286.4 313.0 4.18 5 800 2042 13.4 -35.2 2 48.6 0.6 211 7 305.4 305.5 283.9 306.3 0.24 6 750 2581 11.0 -31.7 3 42.8 -0.9 223 8 308.6 308.6 285.2 309.8 0.36 7 700 3152 8.0 -29.1 5 37.1 -2.6 228 8 311.3 311.4 286.4 313.1 0.49 8 650 3758 4.0 -21.0 14 25.0 -4.3 258 9 313.5 313.7 287.8 317.2 1.10 9 600 4402 0.0 -21.7 18 21.8 -6.9 280 12 316.2 316.4 288.8 320.0 1.12 10 550 5092 -4.9 -15.8 42 10.9 -8.8 290 15 318.3 318.7 290.3 325.0 2.02 11 500 5833 -10.6 -18.2 54 7.6 -13.1 287 18 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.2 1.82 12 450 6635 -15.8 -26.1 41 10.3 -18.3 294 20 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.01 13 400 7513 -21.4 -38.4 20 17.0 -24.1 299 22 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.35 14 350 8483 -27.8 -57.1 4 29.3 -30.0 305 28 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.05 15 300 9571 -36.5 -51.7 19 15.2 -37.5 308 37 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10808 -45.9 -57.8 25 11.9 -46.3 298 45 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 17 200 12266 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 286 48 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14078 -63.4 -80.6 8 17.2 -63.5 284 54 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16517 -70.6 -85.7 9 15.1 -70.6 287 24 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.28 m Freezing level: 599.51 mb = 4409.11 m = 14465.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.33 mb = 2260.36 m = 7415.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.36 mb = 897.92 m = 2945.89 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3126.42 m = 10257.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.01 C = 102.21 F Cap Strength: 6.29 C Lifted Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.29 C Showalter Index: 9.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 9.62 C K Index: -13.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 21.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7877.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.80 mb = 1223.27 m = 4013.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.1 neg: -36.1 tot: 23.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 17.32 m/s