MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 35.72,-78.74 Latitude: 35.72 Longitude: -78.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 10.5 5.3 70 5.2 7.9 272 8 283.1 284.1 280.7 298.6 5.56 1 1000 154 10.4 4.6 67 5.8 7.5 276 12 283.6 284.5 280.7 298.4 5.33 2 950 580 8.6 1.2 60 7.4 5.1 299 30 285.9 286.7 280.6 298.4 4.39 3 900 1024 6.8 -8.4 33 15.2 0.9 320 38 288.5 288.9 279.1 295.1 2.25 4 850 1493 6.9 -32.3 4 39.2 -2.4 308 34 293.4 293.4 278.8 294.4 0.30 5 800 1988 4.5 -27.3 8 31.8 -3.7 297 31 296.0 296.0 280.3 297.6 0.51 6 750 2510 2.2 -35.8 4 38.0 -5.9 286 37 299.0 299.0 281.3 299.8 0.24 7 700 3064 -0.2 -35.3 5 35.1 -7.7 279 46 302.3 302.3 282.7 303.2 0.27 8 650 3654 -1.2 -38.6 4 37.4 -8.7 278 61 307.6 307.6 284.7 308.3 0.21 9 600 4290 -2.8 -42.3 3 39.4 -10.2 278 75 312.8 312.9 286.5 313.4 0.15 10 550 4974 -6.4 -48.4 2 42.0 -13.0 276 82 316.5 316.5 287.7 316.8 0.09 11 500 5711 -11.2 -37.8 9 26.7 -16.1 274 88 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.5 0.29 12 450 6508 -18.6 -37.0 18 18.4 -21.6 271 87 319.9 319.9 289.1 321.2 0.36 13 400 7372 -26.0 -46.9 12 20.9 -28.2 275 88 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.7 0.14 14 350 8322 -33.9 -51.6 15 17.8 -35.1 275 92 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.09 15 300 9387 -39.7 -60.1 10 20.5 -40.5 279 96 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.04 16 250 10616 -46.1 -62.5 14 16.4 -46.6 277 89 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 17 200 12086 -49.7 -74.8 4 25.1 -50.2 264 71 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13939 -55.1 -82.2 2 27.0 -55.5 276 57 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16448 -66.1 -86.5 4 20.4 -66.2 262 40 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5557.60 m Freezing level: 704.26 mb = 3016.48 m = 9896.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 886.31 mb = 1150.10 m = 3773.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.84 % Est. max temperature: 20.10 C = 68.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.87 mb = 746.97 m = 2450.66 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.14 C/km ThetaE index: 4.19 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 547.27 mb = 5012.29 m = 16444.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.12 C = 111.41 F Cap Strength: 18.32 C Lifted Index: 19.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.56 C Showalter Index: 21.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -3.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.05 C Cross Totals Index: -21.11 C K Index: -49.33 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16421.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.85 mb = 1533.07 m = 5029.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.6 at 54.4 knts Storm direction: 312.6 at 40.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 5.0 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.4 neg: -14.6 tot: 138.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 162.87 m/s