MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 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 21.7 14.7 65 7.0 17.2 183 6 294.0 295.8 289.9 323.9 10.46 1 1000 144 22.0 14.1 61 7.9 17.0 192 13 295.2 297.0 290.1 324.5 10.19 2 950 587 18.8 12.8 68 6.0 15.0 206 17 296.2 298.0 290.2 324.6 9.80 3 900 1049 14.9 11.3 79 3.6 12.7 226 13 296.9 298.6 290.0 324.2 9.41 4 850 1532 13.7 5.3 57 8.4 9.0 268 4 300.5 301.7 288.8 320.1 6.58 5 800 2042 13.4 -17.3 10 30.6 2.1 225 7 305.4 305.7 285.1 309.4 1.23 6 750 2581 11.3 -31.5 3 42.8 -0.7 226 10 308.8 308.9 285.4 310.1 0.36 7 700 3153 8.3 -31.0 4 39.4 -2.6 227 8 311.7 311.8 286.4 313.1 0.41 8 650 3759 4.2 -22.0 13 26.1 -4.4 250 9 313.7 313.9 287.8 317.1 1.01 9 600 4404 0.3 -23.9 14 24.2 -7.1 271 12 316.5 316.6 288.6 319.6 0.92 10 550 5094 -5.5 -11.2 64 5.7 -7.8 280 17 317.6 318.1 290.9 327.3 2.96 11 500 5834 -10.3 -20.8 42 10.5 -13.5 283 22 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.5 1.46 12 450 6637 -15.5 -29.5 29 14.0 -18.6 288 24 323.8 323.9 290.7 326.4 0.74 13 400 7515 -21.6 -47.8 7 26.3 -24.6 294 26 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.13 14 350 8484 -28.2 -55.1 6 26.9 -30.4 304 30 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.06 15 300 9572 -36.4 -53.4 16 17.0 -37.5 304 36 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 16 250 10811 -45.7 -58.4 22 12.7 -46.2 301 45 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12271 -51.4 -74.5 5 23.1 -51.8 292 53 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14086 -63.2 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.4 283 55 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16523 -71.2 -85.7 10 14.5 -71.3 279 19 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.54 m Freezing level: 597.39 mb = 4439.92 m = 14566.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.41 mb = 2444.04 m = 8018.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.34 mb = 941.70 m = 3089.52 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.14 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.80 mb = 3154.84 m = 10350.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.44 C = 102.99 F Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lifted Index: 3.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.08 C Showalter Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 15.55 C K Index: -10.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7262.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.55 mb = 1291.01 m = 4235.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -11.6 tot: 48.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 18.35 m/s