MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 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 11.8 5.7 66 6.2 8.6 279 5 284.0 284.9 281.2 299.7 5.65 1 1000 163 11.8 4.8 62 7.1 8.2 289 12 285.0 285.9 281.3 300.0 5.37 2 950 591 9.8 1.2 55 8.6 5.6 322 25 287.1 287.9 281.1 299.6 4.39 3 900 1038 7.6 -4.5 42 12.1 2.5 323 25 289.4 289.9 280.6 298.3 3.04 4 850 1507 6.3 -12.0 26 18.3 -0.4 293 23 292.7 293.1 280.6 298.2 1.79 5 800 2002 5.8 -20.6 13 26.4 -2.3 289 28 297.3 297.5 281.4 300.3 0.93 6 750 2528 4.9 -20.0 15 24.9 -3.0 282 33 301.9 302.1 283.5 305.3 1.04 7 700 3089 3.8 -34.8 4 38.6 -5.3 282 44 306.7 306.8 284.5 307.7 0.29 8 650 3686 0.8 -36.6 4 37.4 -7.4 280 53 309.9 309.9 285.6 310.8 0.26 9 600 4324 -2.7 -35.9 6 33.2 -9.9 280 61 313.0 313.0 286.8 314.1 0.30 10 550 5008 -6.0 -48.2 2 42.2 -12.7 283 73 317.0 317.0 287.9 317.3 0.09 11 500 5746 -11.3 -44.8 4 33.4 -16.5 283 77 319.2 319.2 288.6 319.8 0.14 12 450 6543 -17.6 -39.3 13 21.7 -21.1 283 79 321.1 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.28 13 400 7412 -24.6 -41.2 20 16.6 -26.7 280 85 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.26 14 350 8368 -32.2 -51.5 13 19.2 -33.7 284 85 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.10 15 300 9434 -41.4 -56.2 19 14.8 -42.1 286 86 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.06 16 250 10656 -45.7 -63.5 12 17.8 -46.2 277 81 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12124 -51.0 -74.6 4 23.6 -51.4 265 71 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13974 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 259 51 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16458 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 258 41 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.05 m Freezing level: 638.33 mb = 3835.26 m = 12582.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 856.80 mb = 1441.21 m = 4728.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.54 % Est. max temperature: 19.77 C = 67.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.27 mb = 835.50 m = 2741.09 ft T: 8.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 1.84 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 557.03 mb = 4908.20 m = 16102.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.39 C = 111.90 F Cap Strength: 17.49 C Lifted Index: 17.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.53 C Showalter Index: 18.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.63 C Cross Totals Index: -0.65 C K Index: -32.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 123.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15538.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.89 mb = 1536.50 m = 5040.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.6 at 45.9 knts Storm direction: 315.6 at 34.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 5.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.4 neg: -24.8 tot: 127.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 130.33 m/s