MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 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 58 13.4 10.3 82 3.1 11.6 112 2 285.7 287.1 284.4 307.5 7.82 1 1000 143 15.6 8.9 65 6.7 11.8 128 2 288.7 290.0 284.9 309.0 7.18 2 950 580 15.4 4.2 47 11.2 9.4 269 4 292.8 293.7 284.8 308.5 5.44 3 900 1035 11.6 3.2 56 8.5 7.2 274 8 293.5 294.4 284.9 309.0 5.34 4 850 1512 13.2 -30.7 3 43.9 1.1 334 10 300.0 300.0 281.8 301.1 0.35 5 800 2020 12.7 -20.8 8 33.5 1.3 335 12 304.7 304.9 284.4 307.7 0.91 6 750 2558 10.0 -19.1 11 29.2 -0.2 336 14 307.4 307.6 285.7 311.1 1.12 7 700 3127 7.5 -23.5 9 31.0 -2.4 347 15 310.8 311.0 286.6 313.6 0.82 8 650 3733 4.1 -9.5 36 13.6 -1.8 348 16 313.6 314.2 289.6 322.9 2.86 9 600 4379 0.8 -10.4 43 11.2 -4.0 346 19 317.0 317.6 290.7 326.5 2.89 10 550 5074 -2.5 -14.7 39 12.1 -7.2 338 21 321.1 321.5 291.3 328.5 2.23 11 500 5823 -7.4 -20.7 34 13.3 -11.6 317 22 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.2 1.48 12 450 6634 -13.6 -25.9 35 12.3 -16.8 304 23 326.2 326.4 291.7 329.8 1.03 13 400 7517 -20.4 -31.1 38 10.7 -22.6 296 25 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.0 0.71 14 350 8491 -27.1 -37.5 36 10.5 -28.6 297 35 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.9 0.43 15 300 9585 -35.1 -40.7 56 5.7 -35.7 307 35 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.3 0.36 16 250 10828 -45.0 -49.7 59 4.7 -45.3 296 46 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.16 17 200 12281 -55.6 -64.1 34 8.5 -55.8 284 55 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 14068 -66.4 -78.6 16 12.2 -66.4 278 44 355.7 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16483 -71.9 -86.4 10 14.4 -72.0 306 34 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.34 m Freezing level: 588.11 mb = 4544.56 m = 14909.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.33 mb = 2477.07 m = 8126.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.73 mb = 448.47 m = 1471.34 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 7.89 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.48 mb = 4880.61 m = 16012.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.71 C = 117.88 F Cap Strength: 15.07 C Lifted Index: 15.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.25 C Showalter Index: 19.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -2.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.55 C Cross Totals Index: -23.33 C K Index: -41.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 42.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12126.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.68 mb = 1624.71 m = 5330.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.9 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 3.9 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 32.84 m/s