MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 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 1004 58 22.1 15.7 67 6.5 17.9 190 10 294.9 296.9 290.9 327.1 11.21 1 1000 96 22.0 15.5 67 6.5 17.8 190 11 295.2 297.2 290.9 327.2 11.14 2 950 539 18.1 14.8 81 3.3 16.0 194 29 295.6 297.6 291.1 327.9 11.23 3 900 1000 14.3 13.8 96 0.6 14.0 202 34 296.3 298.2 291.2 328.2 11.05 4 850 1482 11.6 11.5 99 0.2 11.5 222 40 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.6 10.05 5 800 1989 10.4 10.2 99 0.1 10.3 236 49 302.2 304.0 292.0 331.3 9.82 6 750 2524 6.7 5.8 94 0.9 6.2 240 43 303.8 305.3 290.9 327.0 7.72 7 700 3089 4.9 -0.8 67 5.7 2.0 230 42 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.9 5.17 8 650 3692 4.5 -20.8 14 25.2 -4.0 232 44 314.0 314.2 288.0 317.8 1.12 9 600 4340 1.2 -38.7 3 40.0 -7.7 236 40 317.5 317.6 288.2 318.4 0.22 10 550 5032 -4.5 -39.7 4 35.1 -11.6 254 49 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.5 0.22 11 500 5772 -10.4 -46.0 4 35.5 -16.0 253 52 320.3 320.3 289.0 320.8 0.12 12 450 6573 -16.2 -51.6 3 35.5 -20.4 241 49 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.2 0.07 13 400 7446 -23.0 -43.6 13 20.6 -25.6 229 54 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.20 14 350 8413 -29.0 -40.3 33 11.3 -30.4 223 66 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.9 0.32 15 300 9504 -35.5 -38.5 74 3.0 -35.8 217 68 335.4 335.4 293.6 337.1 0.46 16 250 10740 -47.2 -50.6 68 3.4 -47.4 222 73 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12195 -51.3 -74.2 5 22.9 -51.7 235 71 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14029 -59.7 -81.7 4 22.0 -59.9 235 54 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16501 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.4 -66.9 245 29 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.05 m Freezing level: 589.42 mb = 4486.45 m = 14719.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3285.28 m = 10778.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.30 mb = 875.23 m = 2871.47 ft T: 15.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 13.46 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1103.25 m = 3619.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.91 C = 75.04 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 27.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6449.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.48 mb = 967.44 m = 3173.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.2 neg: -39.7 tot: 369.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 119.65 m/s