MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 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 1012 59 16.5 4.5 45 12.0 10.2 223 3 288.7 289.6 282.8 303.6 5.21 1 1000 158 17.6 2.6 37 15.0 9.9 249 6 290.8 291.6 283.1 304.1 4.63 2 950 593 13.7 1.6 44 12.1 7.6 259 8 291.1 291.9 283.1 304.2 4.51 3 900 1044 9.2 0.9 56 8.3 5.2 259 9 291.0 291.8 283.1 304.2 4.54 4 850 1518 11.2 -36.7 2 47.8 -0.2 313 13 297.9 297.9 280.7 298.5 0.19 5 800 2021 10.2 -37.3 2 47.5 -1.1 297 21 302.0 302.0 282.4 302.7 0.19 6 750 2557 10.6 -30.3 4 40.9 -1.0 286 27 308.1 308.1 285.1 309.5 0.41 7 700 3128 8.2 -15.5 17 23.8 -0.9 271 28 311.6 311.9 287.8 316.9 1.63 8 650 3734 4.1 -13.5 26 17.6 -2.9 272 27 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.4 2.07 9 600 4380 0.3 -16.7 27 17.0 -5.9 277 29 316.4 316.7 289.4 322.2 1.72 10 550 5071 -4.6 -22.9 22 18.4 -10.1 280 32 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.5 1.10 11 500 5812 -10.0 -29.3 19 19.3 -14.6 279 34 320.8 321.0 289.8 323.2 0.68 12 450 6613 -16.7 -32.6 24 15.9 -19.8 281 35 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.2 0.55 13 400 7486 -23.1 -41.4 17 18.3 -25.6 285 36 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.25 14 350 8449 -30.0 -49.0 14 19.0 -31.7 281 38 328.2 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.13 15 300 9528 -38.5 -53.2 20 14.7 -39.3 271 40 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.09 16 250 10756 -46.9 -60.1 21 13.1 -47.4 270 37 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 17 200 12205 -55.0 -69.9 14 14.8 -55.3 259 37 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14015 -62.0 -80.0 7 18.0 -62.1 255 35 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16477 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 273 26 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.68 m Freezing level: 597.33 mb = 4417.03 m = 14491.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 851.99 mb = 1498.54 m = 4916.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.04 C = 75.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.61 mb = 1570.71 m = 5153.18 ft T: 11.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 5.64 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 537.11 mb = 5255.16 m = 17241.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.14 C = 116.86 F Cap Strength: 15.94 C Lifted Index: 16.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.35 C Showalter Index: 18.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -5.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: -26.65 C K Index: -39.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13860.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.36 mb = 2059.20 m = 6755.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.3 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 309.3 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -27.1 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 40.94 m/s