MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.11,-78.98 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -78.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 10.1 9.1 93 1.0 9.6 185 2 282.4 283.6 282.2 302.1 7.18 1 1000 157 12.6 9.6 82 3.0 10.9 224 10 285.7 287.0 284.0 306.6 7.50 2 950 594 16.2 9.5 65 6.7 12.2 245 15 293.6 295.0 287.5 316.2 7.87 3 900 1052 13.4 8.5 73 4.8 10.6 274 8 295.3 296.7 288.1 317.8 7.78 4 850 1531 11.5 -4.3 33 15.8 4.3 290 6 298.2 298.8 284.6 308.1 3.27 5 800 2037 12.2 -19.0 10 31.2 1.2 296 9 304.1 304.3 284.4 307.6 1.06 6 750 2575 10.9 -11.4 20 22.4 1.6 312 7 308.4 308.8 287.2 315.3 2.12 7 700 3146 7.3 -3.3 47 10.7 2.1 342 4 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.0 4.28 8 650 3752 3.3 -4.9 55 8.3 -0.6 321 4 312.8 313.5 290.5 325.7 4.08 9 600 4396 -0.5 -8.1 57 7.5 -3.9 287 7 315.5 316.1 290.7 326.7 3.47 10 550 5086 -5.3 -11.5 62 6.2 -7.8 266 10 317.8 318.3 290.9 327.3 2.89 11 500 5826 -10.5 -18.7 51 8.2 -13.1 256 15 320.2 320.6 290.6 326.1 1.74 12 450 6627 -16.7 -25.0 49 8.3 -18.8 256 19 322.2 322.5 290.6 326.1 1.12 13 400 7501 -22.9 -33.7 37 10.8 -24.8 257 27 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.55 14 350 8463 -30.5 -38.5 45 8.0 -31.5 256 38 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.1 0.39 15 300 9542 -37.7 -46.7 39 9.0 -38.4 259 46 332.2 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.19 16 250 10780 -45.0 -61.4 14 16.4 -45.6 272 52 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12238 -54.3 -70.8 11 16.5 -54.6 279 49 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 14046 -63.0 -79.6 9 16.6 -63.1 290 50 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16488 -71.3 -85.8 10 14.5 -71.4 296 31 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.83 m Freezing level: 607.05 mb = 4305.38 m = 14125.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.74 mb = 3618.02 m = 11870.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.58 mb = 195.16 m = 640.29 ft T: 12.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 10.23 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.66 mb = 3680.98 m = 12076.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.36 C = 104.65 F Cap Strength: 10.41 C Lifted Index: 10.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.14 C Showalter Index: 13.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.04 C Cross Totals Index: 6.22 C K Index: 7.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11330.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.71 mb = 1138.75 m = 3736.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.2 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 305.2 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -61.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.45 Bulk Shear: 7.47 m/s