MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1005 58 23.8 14.6 57 9.1 17.8 189 13 296.5 298.4 290.8 326.8 10.48 1 1000 98 23.2 14.3 57 8.9 17.4 190 14 296.4 298.2 290.6 326.1 10.29 2 950 542 18.7 13.1 70 5.6 15.2 192 23 296.2 298.0 290.3 325.2 10.03 3 900 1003 14.3 12.1 87 2.2 12.9 195 25 296.2 298.0 290.2 324.9 9.91 4 850 1483 11.0 8.2 83 2.8 9.3 224 30 297.6 299.1 289.1 321.1 8.04 5 800 1989 11.1 4.0 62 7.1 7.2 238 35 302.9 304.1 289.4 322.1 6.38 6 750 2526 8.8 5.8 82 3.0 7.1 235 38 306.1 307.6 291.6 329.5 7.74 7 700 3096 6.9 -1.6 55 8.5 2.5 229 40 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.2 4.85 8 650 3701 3.6 -9.7 37 13.3 -2.1 226 43 313.0 313.5 289.4 322.0 2.81 9 600 4345 -0.2 -18.7 23 18.4 -6.5 229 47 315.9 316.1 289.0 320.8 1.46 10 550 5035 -4.8 -23.0 23 18.2 -10.3 226 51 318.3 318.6 289.4 322.1 1.09 11 500 5777 -9.6 -30.5 16 20.9 -14.5 218 53 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.5 0.60 12 450 6581 -15.2 -22.3 54 7.2 -17.1 219 51 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.42 13 400 7462 -20.5 -26.4 59 5.9 -21.9 220 54 328.3 328.5 292.3 332.2 1.10 14 350 8436 -27.1 -35.2 46 8.1 -28.4 221 55 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.2 0.55 15 300 9528 -35.6 -49.4 23 13.8 -36.7 219 55 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 16 250 10769 -46.0 -50.8 58 4.8 -46.3 224 55 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.14 17 200 12225 -53.1 -69.9 11 16.8 -53.4 234 70 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14042 -62.4 -81.4 6 19.0 -62.6 230 52 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16500 -68.0 -87.1 5 19.1 -68.1 244 33 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.66 m Freezing level: 603.03 mb = 4306.11 m = 14127.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.91 mb = 3418.15 m = 11214.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.59 % Est. max temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.57 mb = 1205.59 m = 3955.31 ft T: 12.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.23 mb = 1373.06 m = 4504.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.28 C Showalter Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.56 C Cross Totals Index: 17.78 C K Index: 20.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6980.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.74 mb = 1242.22 m = 4075.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.7 neg: -6.8 tot: 160.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 86.41 m/s