MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 16.1 14.0 87 2.1 14.8 187 6 288.4 290.2 287.5 316.3 9.98 1 1000 138 16.7 13.8 83 2.9 15.0 196 14 289.9 291.7 288.1 318.0 9.99 2 950 578 17.8 11.2 65 6.6 13.8 214 22 295.3 296.9 289.0 320.8 8.82 3 900 1038 14.8 9.3 70 5.5 11.5 217 14 296.8 298.2 288.9 320.6 8.20 4 850 1520 12.8 0.1 42 12.7 6.3 185 14 299.5 300.4 286.4 313.1 4.53 5 800 2029 13.2 -23.1 6 36.4 1.3 195 16 305.3 305.4 284.5 307.7 0.74 6 750 2568 11.1 -25.2 6 36.3 -0.3 200 16 308.6 308.8 285.7 310.9 0.66 7 700 3139 8.3 -27.6 6 35.9 -2.4 199 15 311.7 311.8 286.6 313.7 0.57 8 650 3746 4.9 -20.6 14 25.5 -3.8 211 15 314.5 314.7 288.2 318.4 1.14 9 600 4393 0.8 -14.6 31 15.4 -5.1 214 13 317.1 317.5 289.9 323.9 2.06 10 550 5085 -4.7 -15.9 41 11.2 -8.7 227 14 318.5 318.9 290.3 325.3 2.02 11 500 5826 -10.0 -24.0 31 14.0 -13.9 237 15 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.6 1.10 12 450 6631 -14.7 -34.6 17 19.8 -18.6 250 18 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.4 0.45 13 400 7514 -19.1 -52.6 3 33.5 -22.9 259 20 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.07 14 350 8492 -27.0 -44.5 17 17.5 -29.0 267 26 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.21 15 300 9582 -36.5 -51.9 19 15.4 -37.5 275 31 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 16 250 10817 -47.2 -57.5 30 10.2 -47.6 273 42 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.06 17 200 12265 -53.1 -71.8 9 18.7 -53.4 273 62 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14082 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.3 265 54 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16528 -71.1 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.1 267 28 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.26 m Freezing level: 592.56 mb = 4495.82 m = 14749.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.11 mb = 2455.86 m = 8057.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 79.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.76 mb = 322.56 m = 1058.24 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 13.02 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.02 mb = 3448.64 m = 11314.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.84 C = 105.51 F Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lifted Index: 6.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.02 C Showalter Index: 10.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 10.15 C K Index: -13.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 43.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8723.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.62 mb = 1155.00 m = 3789.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.1 neg: -19.3 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 51.11 Bulk Shear: 0.55 m/s