MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 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 59 20.8 17.9 84 2.8 18.8 204 12 293.6 295.9 291.9 330.5 12.96 1 1000 93 20.5 17.9 85 2.7 18.7 205 13 293.7 296.0 291.9 330.7 12.98 2 950 535 17.1 16.3 95 0.7 16.6 209 31 294.5 296.7 291.7 330.0 12.39 3 900 995 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 216 42 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.8 11.76 4 850 1478 13.0 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 232 50 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.1 11.03 5 800 1986 10.2 10.0 99 0.1 10.1 232 47 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.7 9.69 6 750 2521 7.3 6.7 96 0.5 6.9 226 45 304.4 306.0 291.5 329.2 8.24 7 700 3087 5.0 0.8 74 4.2 2.8 223 52 308.0 309.1 290.5 325.8 5.80 8 650 3689 2.9 -19.8 17 22.7 -4.7 229 55 312.3 312.5 287.5 316.4 1.22 9 600 4333 0.3 -43.9 2 44.2 -8.4 227 50 316.5 316.5 287.8 317.0 0.13 10 550 5024 -4.7 -38.3 5 33.6 -11.6 241 47 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.5 0.26 11 500 5764 -10.0 -40.9 6 30.8 -15.5 241 54 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.6 0.22 12 450 6567 -16.2 -46.4 6 30.2 -20.3 237 58 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.13 13 400 7441 -22.8 -55.8 3 33.1 -25.8 230 60 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.05 14 350 8407 -28.9 -40.9 31 12.0 -30.4 222 74 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.31 15 300 9499 -35.2 -38.1 74 3.0 -35.5 209 72 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.6 0.48 16 250 10738 -46.1 -49.7 67 3.6 -46.3 216 81 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.16 17 200 12196 -51.4 -74.8 5 23.4 -51.8 238 81 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14032 -61.2 -81.3 5 20.1 -61.4 218 48 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16504 -66.2 -87.1 4 20.9 -66.4 243 30 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.32 m Freezing level: 596.83 mb = 4376.74 m = 14359.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.51 mb = 3304.65 m = 10841.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.71 C = 80.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.92 mb = 418.29 m = 1372.33 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 15.70 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 761.63 m = 2498.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 31.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.12 mb = 650.84 m = 2135.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.12 mb = 2388.49 m = 7836.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.12 mb = 2719.32 m = 8921.55 ft B at Equ Level: 11.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 672.12 mb = 3417.36 m = 11211.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 46.7 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.2 neg: -38.7 tot: 314.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 101.07 m/s