MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 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 18.9 3.7 36 15.2 10.9 299 8 291.0 291.9 283.5 305.3 4.93 1 1000 165 16.4 2.2 38 14.3 9.2 299 8 289.6 290.4 282.4 302.5 4.47 2 950 597 11.9 1.0 47 11.0 6.6 300 9 289.3 290.1 282.1 301.7 4.31 3 900 1046 8.0 -3.1 45 11.1 3.1 307 12 289.8 290.4 281.1 299.6 3.38 4 850 1519 9.8 -31.3 4 41.1 -0.7 290 23 296.4 296.5 280.3 297.5 0.33 5 800 2020 8.4 -31.5 4 39.9 -1.9 277 27 300.1 300.2 281.8 301.3 0.34 6 750 2550 7.1 -32.4 4 39.5 -2.9 271 32 304.3 304.3 283.6 305.4 0.33 7 700 3116 7.4 -39.2 2 46.6 -3.5 275 35 310.6 310.7 285.8 311.3 0.18 8 650 3722 4.5 -41.1 2 45.6 -5.5 281 37 314.0 314.1 286.9 314.6 0.16 9 600 4366 -0.8 -29.8 9 29.0 -8.3 277 41 315.2 315.3 287.8 317.1 0.54 10 550 5054 -5.4 -25.4 19 20.0 -10.9 274 42 317.7 317.9 289.0 320.8 0.88 11 500 5794 -10.9 -25.6 29 14.7 -14.7 278 44 319.7 319.9 289.7 323.0 0.95 12 450 6593 -16.6 -34.3 20 17.7 -20.0 283 46 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.0 0.46 13 400 7467 -22.7 -42.2 15 19.5 -25.4 282 49 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.23 14 350 8430 -30.5 -45.4 22 14.9 -32.0 275 52 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.4 0.19 15 300 9506 -38.9 -54.0 19 15.0 -39.8 276 52 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 16 250 10732 -47.1 -61.4 18 14.3 -47.5 287 55 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.04 17 200 12187 -53.5 -69.5 12 16.0 -53.8 287 62 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14004 -61.8 -80.9 6 19.1 -62.0 274 46 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16464 -67.5 -86.8 5 19.2 -67.7 278 24 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.76 m Freezing level: 607.42 mb = 4269.98 m = 14008.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.97 mb = 1431.74 m = 4697.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.06 % Est. max temperature: 22.61 C = 72.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.59 mb = 1951.80 m = 6403.47 ft T: 8.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 7.72 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 535.74 mb = 5257.99 m = 17250.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.26 C = 115.27 F Cap Strength: 16.87 C Lifted Index: 16.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.73 C Showalter Index: 19.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 0.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.74 C Cross Totals Index: -20.34 C K Index: -57.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 88.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14309.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.73 mb = 2032.63 m = 6668.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.2 neg: -2.0 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 72.18 m/s