MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 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 24.9 13.7 50 11.2 17.7 213 8 297.2 299.0 290.5 325.6 9.78 1 1000 142 22.8 12.7 53 10.1 16.4 214 8 296.0 297.7 289.6 322.8 9.26 2 950 586 18.4 11.8 65 6.6 14.3 220 10 295.8 297.5 289.5 322.3 9.16 3 900 1046 15.0 11.2 78 3.8 12.6 250 13 296.9 298.6 290.0 324.0 9.31 4 850 1528 12.8 4.2 56 8.6 8.1 261 11 299.6 300.7 288.0 317.7 6.09 5 800 2036 12.5 -26.1 5 38.6 0.7 263 10 304.5 304.6 284.0 306.4 0.57 6 750 2574 11.0 -30.2 4 41.1 -0.8 232 7 308.5 308.5 285.3 309.9 0.41 7 700 3145 7.4 -4.8 42 12.2 1.5 225 7 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.8 3.83 8 650 3750 3.2 -4.5 57 7.7 -0.5 243 10 312.6 313.4 290.5 325.9 4.22 9 600 4394 -0.9 -13.7 37 12.8 -5.8 248 13 315.1 315.5 289.5 322.3 2.21 10 550 5082 -5.4 -18.5 35 13.1 -9.8 261 17 317.7 318.0 289.7 323.1 1.62 11 500 5822 -10.5 -21.3 41 10.8 -13.7 262 22 320.3 320.5 290.3 325.0 1.40 12 450 6623 -16.7 -26.7 42 10.0 -19.1 267 27 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.96 13 400 7495 -23.6 -28.2 66 4.6 -24.6 276 33 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.6 0.94 14 350 8458 -29.6 -41.5 31 11.9 -30.9 282 38 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.29 15 300 9542 -36.2 -56.2 11 20.0 -37.4 289 41 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.06 16 250 10784 -44.7 -64.1 10 19.4 -45.4 285 44 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.03 17 200 12245 -53.2 -70.5 10 17.3 -53.5 280 45 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14062 -62.1 -80.5 7 18.3 -62.3 289 48 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16507 -69.9 -85.2 9 15.3 -70.0 294 28 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.02 m Freezing level: 611.01 mb = 4252.23 m = 13950.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.33 mb = 2275.89 m = 7466.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.46 mb = 1464.57 m = 4804.98 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.22 mb = 3154.24 m = 10348.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lifted Index: 4.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.80 C Showalter Index: 7.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 14.68 C K Index: 15.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7190.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.12 mb = 1438.37 m = 4719.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -6.4 tot: 12.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 5.99 m/s