MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1013 59 11.1 5.0 66 6.2 8.0 280 5 283.2 284.1 280.6 298.2 5.38 1 1000 167 11.0 4.0 62 7.0 7.5 291 13 284.2 285.0 280.6 298.4 5.08 2 950 594 9.5 1.4 57 8.1 5.6 327 26 286.8 287.6 281.1 299.5 4.45 3 900 1041 7.9 -6.9 34 14.9 1.9 327 26 289.7 290.1 280.1 297.1 2.52 4 850 1511 7.7 -21.4 11 29.1 -1.1 292 23 294.2 294.4 279.9 296.8 0.81 5 800 2009 6.4 -31.2 5 37.6 -2.9 283 26 298.0 298.1 281.0 299.2 0.35 6 750 2535 4.6 -31.9 5 36.5 -4.3 283 34 301.5 301.6 282.5 302.7 0.35 7 700 3095 3.8 -34.6 4 38.4 -5.3 287 47 306.7 306.7 284.4 307.7 0.29 8 650 3693 1.4 -32.8 6 34.3 -6.9 284 56 310.6 310.7 286.0 311.9 0.37 9 600 4333 -1.7 -42.4 3 40.7 -9.5 278 63 314.2 314.2 287.0 314.7 0.15 10 550 5019 -5.6 -43.4 3 37.8 -12.4 279 70 317.4 317.4 288.1 318.0 0.15 11 500 5758 -11.2 -33.3 14 22.1 -15.8 281 72 319.4 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.46 12 450 6555 -17.3 -35.6 19 18.2 -20.5 279 78 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.9 0.41 13 400 7427 -23.9 -45.2 12 21.2 -26.4 280 81 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.17 14 350 8383 -32.0 -49.6 16 17.6 -33.4 282 80 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.12 15 300 9454 -40.2 -54.5 20 14.3 -40.9 284 83 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.08 16 250 10675 -47.2 -61.8 17 14.6 -47.7 276 83 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 12137 -50.8 -77.0 3 26.2 -51.2 269 72 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13980 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 271 54 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16463 -67.4 -86.4 5 19.0 -67.5 268 38 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5590.80 m Freezing level: 626.83 mb = 3989.63 m = 13089.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 868.30 mb = 1335.93 m = 4382.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.88 % Est. max temperature: 20.94 C = 69.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.72 mb = 834.95 m = 2739.31 ft T: 8.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 2.71 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 544.34 mb = 5099.57 m = 16730.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.68 C = 114.22 F Cap Strength: 18.45 C Lifted Index: 18.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.96 C Showalter Index: 20.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 8.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.91 C Cross Totals Index: -10.19 C K Index: -40.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 117.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16005.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.26 mb = 1547.40 m = 5076.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.4 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 315.4 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.3 neg: -31.3 tot: 147.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 130.99 m/s