MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 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 1006 58 24.5 15.4 57 9.1 18.5 190 15 297.1 299.1 291.4 328.9 10.96 1 1000 112 23.0 14.7 60 8.3 17.7 190 16 296.2 298.1 290.8 326.8 10.60 2 950 556 18.3 13.7 75 4.6 15.3 192 23 295.7 297.6 290.5 325.7 10.41 3 900 1016 13.8 12.4 92 1.3 12.9 194 24 295.7 297.5 290.2 324.9 10.13 4 850 1495 9.6 8.1 90 1.5 8.8 206 31 296.2 297.7 288.6 319.5 8.01 5 800 1998 11.9 -16.8 12 28.7 1.4 210 38 303.8 304.1 284.5 308.0 1.28 6 750 2536 9.8 -19.7 11 29.5 -0.4 210 39 307.2 307.4 285.6 310.8 1.07 7 700 3104 6.8 -10.4 28 17.2 -0.4 215 38 310.0 310.5 288.1 318.0 2.48 8 650 3709 3.7 -18.7 18 22.3 -4.1 216 37 313.1 313.4 288.0 317.6 1.35 9 600 4354 1.1 -27.6 10 28.7 -7.0 206 41 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.7 0.66 10 550 5048 -3.1 -22.4 21 19.2 -9.2 201 47 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.3 1.15 11 500 5793 -9.3 -16.2 57 6.9 -11.7 210 45 321.7 322.2 291.5 329.0 2.16 12 450 6598 -14.9 -20.9 60 6.0 -16.7 220 45 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.0 1.61 13 400 7481 -19.1 -35.7 22 16.6 -22.1 215 43 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.8 0.45 14 350 8460 -26.5 -39.5 28 13.0 -28.3 210 48 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.35 15 300 9554 -35.2 -49.3 22 14.1 -36.3 212 52 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.14 16 250 10795 -44.6 -52.1 43 7.4 -45.0 232 60 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.12 17 200 12264 -52.6 -74.9 5 22.3 -52.9 241 57 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14066 -63.7 -77.4 14 13.7 -63.8 245 43 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16500 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.8 258 32 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.50 m Freezing level: 586.86 mb = 4536.54 m = 14883.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.10 mb = 2413.25 m = 7917.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.91 % Est. max temperature: 23.53 C = 74.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.93 mb = 1205.23 m = 3954.13 ft T: 12.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 20.89 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.13 mb = 1146.38 m = 3761.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.79 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.97 C Showalter Index: 7.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.89 C Cross Totals Index: 17.41 C K Index: 9.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 238.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.82 mb = 1149.36 m = 3770.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.82 mb = 1196.79 m = 3926.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.82 mb = 1684.66 m = 5527.03 ft B at Equ Level: 13.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 800.82 mb = 1989.99 m = 6528.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.1 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 237.1 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 129.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 47.21 m/s