MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 20 OCT 25 Station: 35.08,-79.24 Latitude: 35.08 Longitude: -79.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 90 SFC 1000 92 22.7 17.1 71 5.5 18.9 205 9 295.8 298.1 292.1 331.5 12.39 2 950 535 19.5 14.8 74 4.7 16.5 216 29 297.0 299.0 291.6 329.5 11.23 3 900 998 15.3 13.4 88 1.9 14.1 221 35 297.3 299.2 291.3 328.6 10.79 4 850 1480 12.2 10.3 88 1.8 11.0 225 39 298.9 300.6 290.6 326.2 9.31 5 800 1986 9.5 6.5 82 2.9 7.8 231 44 301.2 302.6 289.9 323.9 7.63 6 750 2519 6.4 1.2 69 5.3 3.7 235 45 303.6 304.6 288.8 320.4 5.55 7 700 3084 6.4 -21.9 11 28.3 -2.8 234 50 309.6 309.8 286.3 312.8 0.95 8 650 3690 5.0 -29.3 6 34.4 -4.6 236 47 314.7 314.8 287.6 316.5 0.52 9 600 4337 0.8 -43.6 2 44.4 -8.1 245 51 317.1 317.1 287.9 317.6 0.13 10 550 5028 -4.3 -41.2 4 37.0 -11.5 239 51 319.0 319.1 288.6 319.7 0.19 11 500 5770 -10.1 -41.8 6 31.6 -15.6 235 52 320.7 320.8 289.2 321.5 0.20 12 450 6570 -17.0 -47.7 5 30.6 -21.0 233 56 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.2 0.11 13 400 7440 -23.8 -46.3 11 22.5 -26.3 233 63 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.15 14 350 8405 -27.7 -31.8 68 4.1 -28.4 215 72 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.3 0.76 15 300 9499 -35.0 -38.8 68 3.8 -35.5 210 78 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.7 0.44 16 250 10745 -43.8 -49.1 56 5.3 -44.2 221 97 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.17 17 200 12214 -51.3 -74.1 5 22.8 -51.7 241 85 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14044 -61.8 -81.9 5 20.1 -62.0 227 45 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16507 -67.1 -85.4 6 18.3 -67.2 227 26 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.74 m Freezing level: 592.03 mb = 4446.91 m = 14589.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.54 mb = 2836.05 m = 9304.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.88 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.93 mb = 791.62 m = 2597.16 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 18.69 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.98 mb = 1226.12 m = 4022.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.87 C = 76.77 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 3.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 4.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 299.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.42 mb = 1069.04 m = 3507.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.42 mb = 1505.78 m = 4940.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.42 mb = 2769.56 m = 9086.37 ft B at Equ Level: 17.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 697.42 mb = 3114.38 m = 10217.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 92.24 m/s