MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 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 20.0 13.2 65 6.8 15.8 223 6 292.2 293.9 288.5 319.1 9.47 1 1000 160 18.0 12.4 70 5.6 14.6 227 7 291.1 292.7 287.7 316.9 9.08 2 950 598 17.1 10.2 64 6.9 12.9 252 14 294.5 296.0 288.2 318.2 8.23 3 900 1057 14.2 11.3 83 2.8 12.4 268 10 296.1 297.8 289.8 323.3 9.40 4 850 1538 12.0 4.2 59 7.9 7.8 278 7 298.7 299.9 287.6 316.7 6.07 5 800 2045 12.0 -20.3 9 32.3 1.0 275 9 303.9 304.1 284.2 307.1 0.95 6 750 2582 10.5 -24.9 6 35.4 -0.6 269 5 308.0 308.1 285.4 310.2 0.67 7 700 3152 7.0 -4.0 45 11.0 1.7 289 2 310.2 311.0 289.6 323.0 4.05 8 650 3757 3.0 -4.2 59 7.3 -0.5 249 4 312.4 313.2 290.6 326.0 4.30 9 600 4401 -1.0 -7.8 60 6.8 -4.0 259 8 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.4 3.54 10 550 5089 -5.7 -16.5 42 10.8 -9.5 256 13 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.7 1.91 11 500 5829 -10.4 -25.6 28 15.2 -14.4 258 17 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.6 0.95 12 450 6630 -16.5 -22.8 58 6.3 -18.2 260 22 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.2 1.36 13 400 7502 -23.8 -28.0 68 4.2 -24.7 268 33 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.4 0.95 14 350 8462 -30.7 -37.1 53 6.4 -31.6 269 37 327.3 327.4 291.4 329.0 0.45 15 300 9541 -37.4 -49.6 27 12.2 -38.2 278 45 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.14 16 250 10782 -44.4 -65.2 8 20.8 -45.0 284 50 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12242 -53.5 -71.2 10 17.7 -53.8 290 47 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 14056 -61.8 -82.8 4 21.0 -62.0 286 48 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16500 -70.2 -85.9 8 15.7 -70.3 292 32 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.74 m Freezing level: 612.22 mb = 4243.40 m = 13921.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.75 mb = 2366.06 m = 7762.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.98 mb = 917.23 m = 3009.26 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 16.23 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.60 mb = 3250.87 m = 10665.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.50 C = 101.29 F Cap Strength: 7.48 C Lifted Index: 6.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.16 C Showalter Index: 7.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 14.58 C K Index: 15.58 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9428.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.29 mb = 1243.66 m = 4080.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -4.8 tot: 17.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.13 Bulk Shear: 1.48 m/s