MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 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 1006 59 22.0 16.3 70 5.7 18.2 237 13 294.6 296.7 291.2 328.1 11.69 1 1000 111 21.7 16.1 70 5.6 18.0 238 16 294.9 297.0 291.2 328.2 11.60 2 950 554 17.7 14.7 83 3.0 15.8 245 28 295.1 297.1 290.9 327.2 11.15 3 900 1014 13.5 12.1 91 1.4 12.6 249 32 295.4 297.2 289.9 323.9 9.88 4 850 1492 10.0 4.9 70 5.2 7.2 250 32 296.7 297.8 287.2 315.4 6.38 5 800 1993 6.5 -2.9 51 9.4 2.1 244 41 298.1 298.8 285.2 309.6 3.85 6 750 2519 4.2 0.7 78 3.5 2.4 238 59 301.1 302.1 287.8 317.2 5.36 7 700 3083 6.1 -24.8 9 30.9 -3.3 234 59 309.2 309.4 285.9 311.7 0.73 8 650 3687 4.3 -41.2 2 45.5 -5.6 232 58 313.9 313.9 286.9 314.4 0.16 9 600 4332 -0.2 -40.4 3 40.2 -8.6 233 57 315.9 315.9 287.6 316.6 0.19 10 550 5020 -6.0 -35.0 8 29.0 -12.2 237 60 317.0 317.0 288.2 318.2 0.35 11 500 5757 -11.2 -40.6 7 29.4 -16.3 237 63 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.22 12 450 6556 -17.6 -40.8 11 23.2 -21.1 234 66 321.1 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.24 13 400 7425 -24.3 -47.7 10 23.4 -26.8 233 68 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.13 14 350 8383 -31.0 -54.7 8 23.8 -32.6 231 71 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.06 15 300 9462 -36.9 -59.2 8 22.3 -38.0 223 86 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.04 16 250 10708 -43.2 -61.1 12 17.9 -43.9 217 103 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 17 200 12181 -50.5 -72.5 6 22.0 -51.0 233 82 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14023 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 227 51 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16501 -66.5 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.7 233 34 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.83 m Freezing level: 601.97 mb = 4306.76 m = 14129.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.69 mb = 2754.79 m = 9037.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.56 % Est. max temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.80 mb = 773.29 m = 2537.02 ft T: 15.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 18.51 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.71 mb = 978.58 m = 3210.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.75 C = 72.96 F Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: 7.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 16.10 C K Index: -4.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 184.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.72 mb = 940.99 m = 3087.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.72 mb = 1081.62 m = 3548.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.72 mb = 2822.06 m = 9258.63 ft B at Equ Level: 87.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 652.72 mb = 3653.11 m = 11985.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 4.9 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.8 neg: -26.4 tot: 123.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 106.68 m/s