MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1009 59 14.6 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 196 6 287.0 288.6 286.4 312.9 9.28 1 1000 137 15.4 13.0 85 2.4 13.9 204 14 288.6 290.2 287.1 314.9 9.42 2 950 575 16.5 11.4 72 5.1 13.4 211 21 294.0 295.6 288.6 319.6 8.94 3 900 1032 13.3 8.6 73 4.7 10.5 197 13 295.2 296.6 288.0 317.8 7.79 4 850 1513 14.8 -31.9 3 46.7 1.8 190 23 301.7 301.7 282.5 302.8 0.31 5 800 2023 12.8 -16.8 11 29.6 1.8 196 22 304.8 305.0 284.9 308.9 1.28 6 750 2560 10.7 -32.9 3 43.6 -1.0 194 22 308.2 308.3 285.1 309.3 0.32 7 700 3131 8.4 -34.7 3 43.0 -2.8 196 21 311.7 311.8 286.3 312.8 0.29 8 650 3738 5.0 -28.1 7 33.0 -4.6 202 19 314.6 314.7 287.6 316.6 0.58 9 600 4385 1.1 -20.0 19 21.2 -6.0 215 17 317.4 317.7 289.3 321.8 1.30 10 550 5077 -4.9 -13.1 52 8.3 -8.1 228 17 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.7 2.52 11 500 5818 -9.9 -28.6 20 18.8 -14.5 235 21 321.0 321.2 289.9 323.6 0.72 12 450 6623 -15.4 -34.7 17 19.3 -19.1 241 22 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.45 13 400 7506 -18.7 -57.0 2 38.2 -22.7 247 21 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.04 14 350 8484 -26.6 -51.8 7 25.2 -29.0 250 26 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.09 15 300 9575 -36.7 -51.7 20 15.0 -37.7 261 30 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 16 250 10808 -46.9 -57.6 29 10.7 -47.3 267 43 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.06 17 200 12258 -53.4 -70.7 10 17.3 -53.7 266 59 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14071 -62.4 -80.5 7 18.1 -62.5 262 49 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16515 -71.0 -86.6 8 15.7 -71.0 260 28 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.92 m Freezing level: 590.61 mb = 4515.45 m = 14814.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.21 mb = 2360.52 m = 7744.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.10 mb = 282.14 m = 925.63 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.62 mb = 3543.60 m = 11625.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.37 C = 106.46 F Cap Strength: 9.19 C Lifted Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.92 C Showalter Index: 15.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 2.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: -22.02 C K Index: -50.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 181.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10139.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.77 mb = 1024.90 m = 3362.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 237.1 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: -22.2 tot: 34.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 25.50 Bulk Shear: 1.08 m/s