MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1008 59 14.7 13.1 91 1.5 13.7 191 6 287.1 288.8 286.5 313.5 9.45 1 1000 130 15.4 13.4 87 2.1 14.1 199 13 288.6 290.3 287.3 315.7 9.67 2 950 568 16.8 11.8 72 5.0 13.7 209 23 294.2 295.8 288.9 320.5 9.17 3 900 1027 13.8 7.6 66 6.2 10.2 201 16 295.7 297.0 287.7 316.9 7.28 4 850 1507 13.5 -11.1 17 24.6 3.5 188 19 300.3 300.6 283.9 306.3 1.93 5 800 2017 13.8 -21.4 7 35.2 1.7 195 21 305.9 306.0 284.8 308.7 0.87 6 750 2557 11.5 -24.9 6 36.4 -0.1 197 22 309.1 309.2 285.8 311.4 0.68 7 700 3129 8.9 -30.8 4 39.7 -2.3 200 21 312.4 312.4 286.7 313.8 0.42 8 650 3737 5.6 -23.7 10 29.3 -3.8 211 20 315.3 315.5 288.2 318.3 0.87 9 600 4386 1.3 -17.7 23 19.0 -5.5 216 20 317.7 318.0 289.7 323.0 1.58 10 550 5078 -4.3 -15.9 40 11.6 -8.5 226 21 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.6 2.00 11 500 5820 -10.1 -24.4 30 14.3 -14.0 239 23 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.3 1.06 12 450 6625 -14.7 -37.1 13 22.4 -18.8 241 22 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.35 13 400 7510 -18.6 -56.9 2 38.3 -22.6 250 21 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.04 14 350 8487 -26.9 -54.0 6 27.1 -29.3 258 25 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 15 300 9577 -36.7 -53.5 16 16.8 -37.8 263 30 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.09 16 250 10812 -46.9 -58.7 25 11.8 -47.3 262 44 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.06 17 200 12262 -52.9 -68.6 13 15.7 -53.2 268 59 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14078 -62.6 -79.6 8 17.0 -62.7 262 49 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16521 -71.0 -86.1 9 15.1 -71.1 255 29 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.83 m Freezing level: 588.23 mb = 4548.82 m = 14923.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.68 mb = 2526.88 m = 8290.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.01 mb = 250.39 m = 821.48 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.47 mb = 3668.54 m = 12035.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.59 C = 108.67 F Cap Strength: 9.46 C Lifted Index: 7.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.25 C Showalter Index: 14.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: -0.95 C K Index: -27.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 182.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9193.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.07 mb = 1035.41 m = 3396.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.2 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 240.2 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.5 neg: -22.4 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.89 Bulk Shear: 1.73 m/s