MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1014 59 16.2 5.8 50 10.4 10.6 308 10 288.2 289.2 283.2 304.4 5.72 1 1000 178 13.8 4.4 53 9.4 8.9 309 12 287.0 287.9 282.1 301.8 5.24 2 950 607 9.5 2.6 62 6.9 6.1 316 16 286.8 287.7 281.5 300.6 4.85 3 900 1053 7.4 -8.0 32 15.5 1.3 326 23 289.1 289.5 279.6 296.0 2.31 4 850 1523 8.0 -29.1 5 37.0 -1.6 292 21 294.5 294.6 279.4 295.8 0.41 5 800 2022 7.5 -29.8 5 37.3 -2.2 285 27 299.1 299.2 281.5 300.5 0.40 6 750 2550 6.4 -32.5 4 39.0 -3.3 279 32 303.5 303.6 283.2 304.7 0.33 7 700 3114 5.3 -36.6 3 41.9 -4.5 276 37 308.4 308.4 285.0 309.2 0.24 8 650 3715 2.7 -37.8 3 40.5 -6.4 279 44 312.0 312.1 286.4 312.8 0.23 9 600 4357 -0.9 -44.5 2 43.6 -9.1 283 52 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.5 0.12 10 550 5044 -6.0 -34.0 9 28.0 -12.2 280 54 317.0 317.0 288.2 318.4 0.39 11 500 5782 -11.4 -31.8 17 20.4 -15.8 282 54 319.1 319.2 289.0 321.0 0.53 12 450 6580 -17.1 -32.7 25 15.6 -20.2 283 60 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.6 0.54 13 400 7450 -24.4 -38.2 27 13.8 -26.3 283 63 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.35 14 350 8408 -31.3 -50.7 13 19.4 -32.8 288 66 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.10 15 300 9481 -39.5 -55.1 17 15.7 -40.3 294 72 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.07 16 250 10704 -47.7 -62.7 16 14.9 -48.1 289 72 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.03 17 200 12165 -50.8 -72.8 6 22.0 -51.2 281 68 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13997 -59.5 -82.2 4 22.7 -59.7 264 57 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16473 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -66.9 278 35 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.71 m Freezing level: 612.65 mb = 4194.63 m = 13761.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 876.93 mb = 1266.50 m = 4155.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.54 % Est. max temperature: 20.95 C = 69.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.96 mb = 1351.10 m = 4432.69 ft T: 7.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 8.60 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 557.62 mb = 4935.81 m = 16193.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.81 C = 112.66 F Cap Strength: 16.80 C Lifted Index: 17.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.44 C Showalter Index: 20.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 1.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.35 C Cross Totals Index: -17.66 C K Index: -51.62 Risk: None Sweat Index: 96.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15794.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.35 mb = 1597.37 m = 5240.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.6 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 314.6 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.8 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.0 neg: -16.7 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 91.60 m/s