MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 16.2 13.9 86 2.3 14.8 187 6 288.6 290.3 287.6 316.4 9.95 1 1000 141 17.0 13.8 81 3.2 15.0 196 14 290.2 291.9 288.2 318.3 9.98 2 950 581 17.4 12.0 71 5.4 14.0 219 19 294.8 296.5 289.2 321.6 9.29 3 900 1041 14.7 11.1 79 3.6 12.5 219 10 296.6 298.3 289.8 323.4 9.25 4 850 1523 14.7 -19.0 8 33.7 2.8 175 14 301.5 301.7 283.3 304.8 1.00 5 800 2033 13.4 -29.9 3 43.3 0.8 198 16 305.4 305.5 284.1 306.8 0.40 6 750 2572 10.9 -36.8 2 47.8 -1.1 198 15 308.5 308.5 285.0 309.2 0.22 7 700 3143 8.5 -38.4 2 46.9 -2.9 196 15 311.9 311.9 286.2 312.6 0.20 8 650 3750 4.8 -24.3 10 29.1 -4.3 209 13 314.4 314.5 287.8 317.2 0.82 9 600 4396 0.8 -20.9 18 21.7 -6.4 215 12 317.1 317.3 289.1 321.2 1.21 10 550 5087 -4.8 -15.0 45 10.1 -8.6 235 15 318.3 318.8 290.5 325.6 2.17 11 500 5828 -10.2 -22.5 36 12.3 -13.8 243 18 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.9 1.25 12 450 6633 -14.9 -33.7 19 18.8 -18.7 249 18 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.49 13 400 7515 -19.5 -49.8 5 30.4 -23.1 263 16 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.10 14 350 8492 -27.3 -45.3 16 18.0 -29.3 271 26 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.19 15 300 9581 -36.8 -51.5 20 14.7 -37.8 273 29 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 16 250 10815 -47.3 -57.0 32 9.7 -47.7 277 41 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12263 -52.6 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.0 270 58 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14077 -62.8 -80.9 7 18.1 -62.9 263 50 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16520 -70.9 -86.0 9 15.1 -70.9 266 29 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.94 m Freezing level: 592.68 mb = 4497.47 m = 14755.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.28 mb = 2262.88 m = 7424.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.12 mb = 348.50 m = 1143.37 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 18.68 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.74 mb = 3311.13 m = 10863.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.31 C = 104.55 F Cap Strength: 7.77 C Lifted Index: 5.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.77 C Showalter Index: 15.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: -8.75 C K Index: -41.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8232.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.83 mb = 1051.88 m = 3451.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.2 neg: -15.5 tot: 40.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 66.65 Bulk Shear: 0.39 m/s