MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1011 59 18.7 14.6 77 4.1 16.1 187 6 291.0 292.8 288.8 320.2 10.36 1 1000 149 19.4 14.1 71 5.3 16.1 194 15 292.6 294.4 289.2 321.5 10.16 2 950 591 18.0 12.5 70 5.5 14.6 218 20 295.5 297.2 289.8 323.2 9.63 3 900 1051 15.0 11.2 78 3.7 12.7 230 12 296.9 298.6 290.0 324.0 9.35 4 850 1534 13.9 2.6 46 11.4 7.8 186 5 300.7 301.7 287.8 317.0 5.42 5 800 2044 13.1 -18.6 9 31.6 1.7 207 11 305.1 305.3 284.8 308.7 1.10 6 750 2583 10.9 -34.2 3 45.0 -1.0 211 11 308.4 308.4 285.1 309.4 0.28 7 700 3154 8.1 -35.5 3 43.6 -3.0 205 9 311.5 311.5 286.2 312.4 0.27 8 650 3760 4.4 -25.1 10 29.5 -4.6 222 9 313.9 314.0 287.6 316.5 0.76 9 600 4405 0.2 -15.1 30 15.4 -5.5 249 7 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.9 1.97 10 550 5095 -5.2 -10.3 67 5.1 -7.4 269 13 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.2 3.16 11 500 5836 -10.5 -18.9 50 8.5 -13.2 270 16 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.1 1.71 12 450 6640 -14.8 -34.3 17 19.5 -18.7 275 17 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.47 13 400 7521 -20.4 -46.4 8 25.9 -23.8 292 18 328.4 328.4 291.4 329.0 0.15 14 350 8496 -26.8 -51.2 8 24.4 -29.1 296 24 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 15 300 9586 -36.6 -50.2 23 13.6 -37.5 295 32 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 16 250 10820 -47.1 -54.9 41 7.8 -47.4 294 47 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.09 17 200 12274 -51.8 -73.5 6 21.8 -52.1 282 53 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14090 -63.7 -80.2 9 16.5 -63.8 271 50 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16529 -71.0 -86.2 9 15.2 -71.1 268 22 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.06 m Freezing level: 597.79 mb = 4435.88 m = 14553.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.79 mb = 2376.14 m = 7795.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.71 mb = 584.37 m = 1917.20 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.34 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.56 mb = 3135.11 m = 10285.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.15 C = 102.47 F Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lifted Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.56 C Showalter Index: 7.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 13.03 C K Index: -16.59 Risk: None Sweat Index: 56.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7420.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.44 mb = 1150.87 m = 3775.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.8 neg: -24.3 tot: 44.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.27 Bulk Shear: 7.69 m/s