MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1007 58 24.0 14.5 55 9.5 17.8 205 15 296.5 298.4 290.7 326.4 10.33 1 1000 120 22.4 13.9 59 8.5 17.0 206 17 295.5 297.3 290.1 324.4 10.01 2 950 562 17.7 12.7 73 4.9 14.6 207 23 295.1 296.9 289.8 323.2 9.78 3 900 1021 13.1 11.6 90 1.6 12.2 207 24 295.1 296.8 289.6 322.6 9.57 4 850 1499 9.1 6.5 83 2.7 7.6 218 30 295.7 297.0 287.6 316.5 7.14 5 800 2002 10.5 -6.2 30 16.7 3.0 212 36 302.3 302.9 285.9 311.6 3.01 6 750 2539 10.9 -36.8 2 47.7 -1.1 214 34 308.4 308.5 285.0 309.2 0.22 7 700 3109 6.8 -25.6 8 32.4 -3.0 215 34 310.0 310.1 286.1 312.3 0.68 8 650 3712 3.2 -20.4 16 23.6 -4.6 210 35 312.6 312.8 287.6 316.5 1.16 9 600 4356 0.2 -23.7 15 23.9 -7.1 207 37 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.6 0.94 10 550 5049 -3.3 -21.7 23 18.4 -9.2 201 39 320.1 320.4 290.0 324.3 1.22 11 500 5794 -9.3 -17.4 52 8.1 -12.1 209 39 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.96 12 450 6599 -14.3 -22.7 49 8.4 -16.7 218 38 325.2 325.5 291.7 330.0 1.37 13 400 7485 -19.0 -28.8 41 9.9 -21.2 217 40 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.5 0.88 14 350 8462 -26.8 -35.1 45 8.3 -28.1 214 46 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.8 0.55 15 300 9554 -35.7 -41.9 53 6.1 -36.4 218 49 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.2 0.32 16 250 10792 -46.5 -51.2 59 4.7 -46.7 227 60 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.14 17 200 12248 -52.7 -70.4 10 17.6 -53.1 242 66 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14059 -64.0 -81.0 8 17.0 -64.1 243 48 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16498 -69.7 -86.7 7 17.0 -69.8 246 37 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.87 m Freezing level: 596.64 mb = 4402.68 m = 14444.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.59 mb = 2389.71 m = 7840.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.03 % Est. max temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.95 mb = 1247.68 m = 4093.40 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 17.19 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.05 mb = 1199.11 m = 3934.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.76 C = 72.97 F Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lifted Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.89 C Showalter Index: 9.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.43 C Cross Totals Index: 15.77 C K Index: -7.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 175.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.87 mb = 1191.36 m = 3908.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.87 mb = 1238.88 m = 4064.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.87 mb = 1727.70 m = 5668.25 ft B at Equ Level: 8.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 806.87 mb = 1930.68 m = 6334.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 62.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 25.30 m/s