MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 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 25.0 14.1 51 10.9 17.9 206 8 297.4 299.2 290.7 326.6 10.05 1 1000 136 24.0 13.4 51 10.6 17.2 208 9 297.1 298.9 290.3 325.2 9.67 2 950 581 19.6 12.2 62 7.5 15.0 213 11 297.1 298.8 290.1 324.4 9.40 3 900 1043 15.2 11.0 76 4.1 12.6 230 12 297.2 298.8 290.0 324.0 9.23 4 850 1526 13.5 4.4 54 9.1 8.5 283 9 300.2 301.4 288.3 318.6 6.18 5 800 2035 12.8 -15.4 13 28.2 2.1 254 3 304.8 305.1 285.1 309.4 1.44 6 750 2574 11.2 -20.4 9 31.5 0.2 213 8 308.7 308.9 286.1 312.1 1.01 7 700 3145 7.5 -7.8 33 15.3 0.6 220 10 310.8 311.4 288.9 320.5 3.04 8 650 3750 3.5 -13.8 27 17.3 -3.2 239 11 313.0 313.3 288.6 319.6 2.02 9 600 4394 -0.4 -23.3 16 22.9 -7.4 254 15 315.6 315.8 288.4 319.0 0.97 10 550 5084 -4.9 -17.1 38 12.3 -9.1 275 19 318.3 318.6 290.1 324.4 1.81 11 500 5825 -10.5 -19.0 50 8.5 -13.2 281 23 320.2 320.5 290.6 326.0 1.71 12 450 6626 -16.1 -24.3 49 8.2 -18.3 290 24 322.9 323.2 290.9 327.1 1.19 13 400 7502 -22.3 -34.3 33 12.0 -24.4 288 29 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.0 0.52 14 350 8468 -29.7 -39.9 37 10.2 -31.0 295 29 328.7 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.34 15 300 9553 -36.5 -54.4 14 17.9 -37.6 296 38 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 16 250 10793 -45.3 -60.3 17 15.0 -45.9 294 45 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 17 200 12252 -51.7 -74.4 5 22.7 -52.1 283 47 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14072 -62.0 -82.1 5 20.1 -62.1 290 42 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16510 -71.9 -86.3 10 14.4 -71.9 290 29 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.97 m Freezing level: 605.22 mb = 4326.91 m = 14195.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.73 mb = 3242.20 m = 10637.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.50 mb = 1432.10 m = 4698.42 ft T: 13.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 17.15 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.71 mb = 3101.35 m = 10174.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.27 C = 100.89 F Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lifted Index: 3.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.20 C Showalter Index: 6.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 14.92 C K Index: 13.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7384.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.35 mb = 1512.59 m = 4962.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.7 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 282.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 33.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 9.39 m/s