MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 58 19.2 3.4 35 15.8 10.9 309 7 291.2 292.1 283.5 305.2 4.82 1 1000 170 16.7 2.0 37 14.7 9.3 310 7 289.9 290.6 282.4 302.6 4.40 2 950 602 12.3 0.9 46 11.4 6.7 310 9 289.6 290.4 282.2 302.0 4.29 3 900 1051 9.2 -9.7 25 18.9 1.9 320 17 291.0 291.3 280.0 297.1 2.04 4 850 1525 9.9 -27.9 5 37.8 -0.4 296 21 296.5 296.6 280.4 298.0 0.45 5 800 2026 8.2 -28.8 5 37.1 -1.7 278 23 299.9 300.0 281.9 301.4 0.44 6 750 2557 7.7 -32.8 4 40.4 -2.6 272 26 304.9 305.0 283.8 306.0 0.32 7 700 3123 7.2 -33.0 4 40.1 -3.3 277 30 310.4 310.5 285.9 311.6 0.34 8 650 3729 4.9 -40.9 2 45.7 -5.3 281 33 314.5 314.5 287.1 315.1 0.17 9 600 4375 -0.3 -29.4 9 29.1 -8.0 273 41 315.8 315.9 288.0 317.7 0.56 10 550 5063 -5.7 -22.7 25 17.0 -10.8 272 43 317.3 317.5 289.1 321.1 1.12 11 500 5802 -10.9 -26.4 27 15.6 -14.9 278 41 319.8 319.9 289.6 322.8 0.88 12 450 6602 -16.5 -33.8 21 17.3 -19.8 280 42 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.49 13 400 7476 -22.9 -40.2 19 17.3 -25.4 276 47 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.29 14 350 8438 -30.8 -48.4 16 17.6 -32.4 268 50 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.13 15 300 9515 -38.3 -58.0 11 19.7 -39.3 268 51 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.05 16 250 10744 -46.7 -61.9 16 15.1 -47.2 277 51 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.04 17 200 12197 -53.9 -68.1 16 14.1 -54.2 281 52 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14008 -62.6 -79.0 9 16.5 -62.7 265 42 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16468 -68.8 -86.1 6 17.3 -68.8 270 31 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.20 m Freezing level: 602.85 mb = 4337.95 m = 14231.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 859.58 mb = 1432.23 m = 4698.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.31 % Est. max temperature: 22.95 C = 73.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.35 mb = 2022.35 m = 6634.93 ft T: 8.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 8.10 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 529.10 mb = 5363.28 m = 17595.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.35 C = 115.42 F Cap Strength: 17.39 C Lifted Index: 16.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.69 C Showalter Index: 19.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.76 C Cross Totals Index: -17.02 C K Index: -47.27 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14904.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.08 mb = 2191.24 m = 7189.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.7 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 309.7 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.5 neg: -9.3 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 67.13 m/s