MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 59 19.3 3.8 36 15.4 11.1 281 5 291.5 292.4 283.8 305.9 4.98 1 1000 152 18.0 2.5 35 15.5 10.0 281 6 291.1 291.9 283.1 304.3 4.56 2 950 587 13.6 1.3 43 12.3 7.5 281 7 291.0 291.8 282.9 303.8 4.42 3 900 1038 9.3 0.2 53 9.0 4.9 282 8 291.0 291.8 282.8 303.6 4.32 4 850 1512 10.7 -32.9 3 43.6 -0.3 303 21 297.3 297.4 280.6 298.3 0.28 5 800 2015 9.3 -33.8 3 43.1 -1.4 285 27 301.1 301.1 282.2 302.0 0.27 6 750 2547 9.0 -38.1 2 47.1 -2.1 277 31 306.3 306.4 284.2 307.0 0.19 7 700 3117 8.7 -38.3 2 47.0 -2.7 266 32 312.1 312.1 286.3 312.8 0.20 8 650 3724 4.0 -24.8 10 28.8 -4.8 272 29 313.5 313.6 287.5 316.1 0.78 9 600 4368 -0.1 -20.8 19 20.7 -6.8 275 32 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.2 1.22 10 550 5058 -4.7 -22.9 23 18.1 -10.2 275 35 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.3 1.11 11 500 5799 -10.4 -26.3 26 15.8 -14.5 273 37 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.4 0.89 12 450 6600 -16.3 -32.7 23 16.4 -19.6 276 38 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.7 0.54 13 400 7474 -23.2 -39.4 21 16.2 -25.5 274 43 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.31 14 350 8436 -30.0 -49.0 14 19.0 -31.7 271 47 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.13 15 300 9517 -38.0 -55.5 14 17.5 -38.9 274 44 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.07 16 250 10746 -46.5 -60.7 18 14.2 -47.0 283 44 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.04 17 200 12202 -54.1 -68.1 16 14.0 -54.4 273 47 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14013 -62.0 -78.8 9 16.7 -62.2 261 36 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16466 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 265 22 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.56 m Freezing level: 600.69 mb = 4359.09 m = 14301.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 853.15 mb = 1481.81 m = 4861.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.28 % Est. max temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.84 mb = 1985.31 m = 6513.41 ft T: 9.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 7.62 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 536.04 mb = 5257.82 m = 17249.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.84 C = 116.32 F Cap Strength: 15.86 C Lifted Index: 15.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.86 C Showalter Index: 18.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -1.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: -22.46 C K Index: -58.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 78.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13527.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.51 mb = 2123.61 m = 6967.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -25.3 tot: -7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 52.87 m/s