MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 13.9 12.3 90 1.6 13.0 193 6 286.2 287.8 285.7 311.1 8.94 1 1000 144 14.8 12.5 86 2.2 13.4 204 15 287.9 289.5 286.6 313.5 9.15 2 950 580 15.1 10.4 74 4.6 12.3 213 27 292.5 294.0 287.5 316.4 8.38 3 900 1036 11.9 8.3 78 3.6 9.8 204 21 293.8 295.1 287.3 315.8 7.64 4 850 1515 14.2 -26.8 4 41.0 1.8 204 28 301.0 301.1 282.4 302.7 0.50 5 800 2025 12.4 -15.8 12 28.2 1.8 197 27 304.4 304.6 284.9 308.8 1.39 6 750 2562 10.1 -22.4 8 32.4 -0.6 200 27 307.5 307.6 285.4 310.3 0.85 7 700 3132 8.0 -38.7 2 46.8 -3.1 201 27 311.4 311.4 286.1 312.1 0.19 8 650 3738 4.8 -31.9 5 36.7 -5.0 205 23 314.3 314.4 287.3 315.8 0.41 9 600 4385 1.2 -26.4 11 27.5 -6.9 213 19 317.5 317.6 288.8 320.1 0.74 10 550 5077 -4.9 -13.5 51 8.6 -8.2 218 21 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.4 2.46 11 500 5817 -10.3 -26.3 26 15.9 -14.5 222 26 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.6 0.90 12 450 6621 -15.0 -35.5 16 20.5 -19.0 230 23 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.8 0.41 13 400 7503 -19.3 -46.6 7 27.3 -22.9 225 25 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.14 14 350 8482 -26.8 -46.7 14 19.9 -29.0 231 28 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.16 15 300 9573 -36.1 -54.1 14 18.0 -37.2 239 31 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 16 250 10809 -47.0 -51.2 62 4.2 -47.1 261 44 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.14 17 200 12255 -52.9 -70.3 10 17.4 -53.2 255 60 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14068 -62.8 -80.1 8 17.3 -62.9 260 50 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16508 -71.2 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 253 30 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.77 m Freezing level: 590.42 mb = 4517.51 m = 14821.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.00 mb = 2418.86 m = 7935.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.67 mb = 258.32 m = 847.49 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.42 mb = 3644.99 m = 11958.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.66 C = 106.98 F Cap Strength: 10.46 C Lifted Index: 8.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.72 C Showalter Index: 15.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 7.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: -16.51 C K Index: -49.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10134.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.60 mb = 956.06 m = 3136.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 237.9 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.5 neg: -34.0 tot: 43.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.99 Bulk Shear: 2.69 m/s