MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1005 59 19.9 17.6 86 2.3 18.4 231 11 292.6 294.9 291.3 328.6 12.68 1 1000 104 19.7 17.4 86 2.3 18.2 231 13 292.9 295.1 291.3 328.6 12.59 2 950 544 15.8 15.5 98 0.3 15.6 237 26 293.3 295.4 290.7 326.7 11.74 3 900 1002 12.8 12.3 97 0.5 12.5 253 34 294.7 296.5 289.8 323.5 10.04 4 850 1480 9.8 9.0 95 0.8 9.3 262 33 296.4 298.0 289.1 321.1 8.50 5 800 1982 7.3 6.3 94 0.9 6.7 249 31 298.9 300.2 289.0 321.0 7.51 6 750 2511 4.6 3.5 92 1.1 4.0 230 49 301.6 302.8 289.1 321.2 6.56 7 700 3073 6.1 -25.8 8 31.9 -3.4 228 54 309.2 309.3 285.8 311.5 0.67 8 650 3678 4.4 -40.9 2 45.3 -5.6 236 59 313.9 313.9 286.9 314.5 0.16 9 600 4322 -0.4 -37.2 4 36.8 -8.6 234 60 315.6 315.7 287.6 316.6 0.26 10 550 5010 -6.4 -35.0 8 28.7 -12.5 239 61 316.5 316.6 288.1 317.8 0.35 11 500 5747 -10.8 -47.9 3 37.1 -16.2 243 70 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.3 0.10 12 450 6547 -16.8 -52.0 3 35.3 -20.8 238 75 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.4 0.07 13 400 7419 -23.9 -52.5 5 28.6 -26.6 233 72 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.2 0.07 14 350 8377 -31.0 -61.2 4 30.2 -32.7 236 74 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.03 15 300 9453 -38.4 -61.9 7 23.6 -39.4 221 82 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.03 16 250 10690 -44.2 -68.1 5 23.9 -44.9 216 103 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12164 -50.1 -76.9 3 26.8 -50.6 235 83 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14012 -58.3 -80.2 4 21.9 -58.5 226 42 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16490 -66.2 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 237 33 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.66 m Freezing level: 604.36 mb = 4266.28 m = 13996.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.88 mb = 2811.09 m = 9222.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.96 % Est. max temperature: 23.53 C = 74.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.66 mb = 351.03 m = 1151.66 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 9.70 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.65 mb = 637.17 m = 2090.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.85 C = 69.54 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: 2.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: -2.33 Risk: None Sweat Index: 244.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.58 mb = 619.76 m = 2033.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 936.58 mb = 664.82 m = 2181.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.58 mb = 2769.47 m = 9086.06 ft B at Equ Level: 82.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 656.58 mb = 3595.97 m = 11797.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 5.3 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.6 neg: -4.2 tot: 171.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 114.59 m/s