MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 21.2 14.9 67 6.3 17.1 196 14 293.6 295.4 289.9 323.8 10.59 1 1000 138 19.4 14.1 71 5.3 16.1 197 16 292.6 294.4 289.2 321.5 10.18 2 950 576 14.8 13.0 88 1.9 13.7 202 24 292.3 294.0 288.9 320.5 9.92 3 900 1031 12.3 5.3 62 7.0 8.5 211 29 294.2 295.3 286.1 312.3 6.22 4 850 1509 13.3 -11.9 16 25.3 3.2 205 32 300.1 300.4 283.7 305.7 1.80 5 800 2018 12.6 -17.4 11 30.0 1.6 199 34 304.6 304.8 284.8 308.5 1.21 6 750 2556 10.7 -29.8 4 40.4 -0.9 205 32 308.2 308.2 285.2 309.6 0.43 7 700 3126 8.1 -38.7 2 46.8 -3.1 209 30 311.5 311.5 286.1 312.2 0.19 8 650 3733 4.8 -30.2 6 35.0 -4.8 205 29 314.4 314.5 287.5 316.1 0.48 9 600 4380 1.7 -29.2 8 30.9 -6.8 202 29 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.1 0.57 10 550 5075 -3.5 -18.8 29 15.3 -8.7 212 29 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.3 1.57 11 500 5818 -10.1 -16.1 61 6.0 -12.2 224 29 320.7 321.2 291.2 328.1 2.18 12 450 6622 -14.5 -34.8 16 20.4 -18.5 223 31 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.7 0.44 13 400 7509 -18.2 -56.6 2 38.4 -22.3 222 36 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.5 0.05 14 350 8487 -26.8 -51.1 8 24.3 -29.2 226 37 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 15 300 9578 -36.3 -52.2 18 15.9 -37.4 227 36 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 16 250 10814 -46.5 -59.3 22 12.8 -47.0 244 44 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12264 -52.8 -66.4 18 13.6 -53.1 257 56 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14071 -64.4 -74.6 23 10.2 -64.5 256 46 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16511 -70.7 -86.3 8 15.7 -70.7 249 35 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.03 m Freezing level: 583.55 mb = 4608.71 m = 15120.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.21 mb = 2356.07 m = 7729.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.57 mb = 850.07 m = 2788.91 ft T: 13.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 18.06 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.11 mb = 3278.37 m = 10755.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.87 C = 103.76 F Cap Strength: 8.87 C Lifted Index: 6.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.90 C Showalter Index: 14.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: -1.86 C K Index: -35.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8941.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.45 mb = 980.43 m = 3216.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.8 neg: -8.6 tot: 61.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 14.32 m/s