MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 18.5 14.0 75 4.6 15.7 184 7 290.8 292.6 288.4 319.0 9.96 1 1000 145 19.2 13.6 70 5.6 15.7 191 15 292.4 294.1 288.8 320.3 9.81 2 950 587 18.4 11.1 62 7.3 14.0 214 22 295.9 297.5 289.1 321.3 8.78 3 900 1048 15.2 10.4 73 4.8 12.2 226 14 297.1 298.7 289.6 322.7 8.80 4 850 1531 13.7 1.8 44 11.9 7.4 180 9 300.5 301.4 287.3 315.8 5.13 5 800 2041 13.3 -20.3 8 33.6 1.6 189 11 305.3 305.5 284.7 308.4 0.95 6 750 2580 11.2 -27.1 5 38.3 -0.4 206 11 308.7 308.8 285.5 310.6 0.55 7 700 3151 8.2 -29.0 5 37.2 -2.5 208 10 311.6 311.7 286.5 313.3 0.50 8 650 3758 4.6 -21.0 14 25.6 -4.0 224 10 314.2 314.4 288.1 317.9 1.10 9 600 4404 0.6 -15.4 29 16.0 -5.4 254 7 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.2 1.92 10 550 5095 -4.6 -15.4 43 10.8 -8.5 270 11 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.6 2.10 11 500 5837 -10.0 -21.6 38 11.6 -13.5 267 13 320.9 321.1 290.4 325.5 1.36 12 450 6641 -15.1 -31.7 23 16.6 -18.6 277 17 324.2 324.4 290.7 326.4 0.60 13 400 7522 -19.9 -44.8 9 24.9 -23.3 287 19 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.18 14 350 8499 -26.8 -46.6 14 19.8 -29.0 290 25 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.17 15 300 9590 -36.4 -51.7 19 15.3 -37.5 291 31 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.11 16 250 10825 -47.3 -54.7 43 7.3 -47.6 290 46 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.09 17 200 12274 -51.8 -69.5 10 17.7 -52.2 278 61 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14095 -63.1 -81.3 7 18.3 -63.2 269 49 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16535 -71.2 -86.8 8 15.6 -71.2 283 24 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.08 m Freezing level: 594.01 mb = 4486.86 m = 14720.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.95 mb = 2458.76 m = 8066.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.14 mb = 639.98 m = 2099.65 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 14.31 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.49 mb = 3394.42 m = 11136.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.37 C = 104.67 F Cap Strength: 7.31 C Lifted Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.31 C Showalter Index: 8.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 11.79 C K Index: -11.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 52.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8582.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.76 mb = 1298.10 m = 4258.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.7 neg: -24.0 tot: 46.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 7.61 m/s