MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1011 59 12.2 5.6 64 6.6 8.8 298 7 284.4 285.4 281.4 300.1 5.62 1 1000 152 12.0 5.0 62 7.0 8.4 303 13 285.1 286.1 281.5 300.5 5.47 2 950 580 9.3 2.0 60 7.3 5.8 321 28 286.7 287.5 281.3 299.9 4.65 3 900 1026 7.0 -1.8 53 8.8 3.1 323 35 288.8 289.4 281.1 299.5 3.72 4 850 1494 5.8 -10.9 29 16.7 -0.4 301 26 292.2 292.6 280.5 298.1 1.96 5 800 1990 6.2 -36.7 3 43.0 -3.3 266 35 297.8 297.8 280.7 298.5 0.21 6 750 2515 4.2 -33.9 4 38.1 -4.7 256 43 301.1 301.2 282.2 302.1 0.29 7 700 3073 2.7 -39.1 3 41.9 -6.0 258 52 305.5 305.6 283.8 306.2 0.18 8 650 3669 0.2 -36.8 4 37.0 -7.8 260 59 309.2 309.2 285.3 310.1 0.25 9 600 4306 -2.9 -43.3 3 40.3 -10.3 263 67 312.7 312.7 286.5 313.2 0.14 10 550 4990 -5.9 -45.3 3 39.5 -12.6 266 80 317.1 317.2 287.9 317.6 0.12 11 500 5729 -10.9 -39.6 7 28.6 -16.0 263 84 319.7 319.7 288.9 320.6 0.25 12 450 6526 -18.7 -34.7 23 16.0 -21.5 263 85 319.8 319.8 289.2 321.4 0.45 13 400 7392 -24.9 -52.3 6 27.4 -27.3 264 85 322.7 322.7 289.6 323.0 0.08 14 350 8347 -32.5 -51.8 13 19.2 -33.9 268 89 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.09 15 300 9414 -39.8 -58.8 11 19.0 -40.6 268 90 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.05 16 250 10647 -44.1 -62.9 11 18.8 -44.7 250 87 340.5 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 17 200 12124 -49.0 -73.8 4 24.8 -49.5 246 83 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 13974 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 251 52 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16461 -67.3 -86.7 5 19.4 -67.4 259 40 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.94 m Freezing level: 647.20 mb = 3704.78 m = 12154.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.65 mb = 1439.67 m = 4723.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.98 % Est. max temperature: 19.20 C = 66.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.02 mb = 889.21 m = 2917.33 ft T: 7.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 2.36 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.44 mb = 4661.69 m = 15294.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.88 C = 109.18 F Cap Strength: 17.30 C Lifted Index: 17.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.16 C Showalter Index: 19.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.74 C Cross Totals Index: 0.07 C K Index: -36.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15369.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.43 mb = 1413.04 m = 4635.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 7.3 tot: 13.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.3 neg: -99.0 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 226.96 m/s