MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1013 58 14.1 5.1 55 9.0 9.4 202 3 286.2 287.2 282.0 301.6 5.45 1 1000 167 17.0 2.6 38 14.4 9.6 235 8 290.1 291.0 282.8 303.4 4.60 2 950 601 13.3 1.6 45 11.7 7.5 247 9 290.7 291.5 282.9 303.8 4.52 3 900 1052 9.6 -1.6 46 11.2 4.4 260 9 291.4 292.0 282.3 302.4 3.78 4 850 1526 11.1 -36.7 2 47.8 -0.2 307 3 297.8 297.8 280.7 298.5 0.19 5 800 2030 10.5 -37.1 2 47.6 -1.0 296 14 302.3 302.4 282.6 303.0 0.20 6 750 2566 10.2 -17.0 13 27.2 0.2 285 21 307.6 307.9 286.1 312.0 1.34 7 700 3135 6.9 -4.3 44 11.3 1.5 272 26 310.2 310.9 289.6 322.6 3.96 8 650 3741 4.2 -13.7 26 17.9 -2.9 268 27 313.7 314.1 288.9 320.4 2.05 9 600 4386 -0.2 -16.1 29 15.9 -6.0 273 27 315.9 316.3 289.3 322.0 1.81 10 550 5076 -4.8 -21.1 27 16.3 -9.9 279 28 318.3 318.6 289.6 322.8 1.29 11 500 5817 -10.6 -24.3 32 13.6 -14.3 276 29 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.8 1.07 12 450 6617 -16.6 -34.3 20 17.7 -19.9 275 30 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.46 13 400 7491 -23.1 -43.1 14 20.0 -25.6 271 31 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.21 14 350 8452 -30.4 -49.0 14 18.6 -32.0 266 34 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.13 15 300 9530 -38.7 -54.7 17 16.0 -39.6 268 36 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 16 250 10757 -47.5 -61.9 17 14.5 -47.9 268 33 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.04 17 200 12202 -55.4 -71.8 11 16.4 -55.6 264 33 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.01 18 150 14004 -61.8 -80.9 6 19.1 -62.0 254 34 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16473 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 260 25 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.40 m Freezing level: 601.80 mb = 4363.16 m = 14314.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 852.32 mb = 1503.65 m = 4933.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.64 mb = 1195.03 m = 3920.67 ft T: 10.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 5.29 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 538.18 mb = 5245.02 m = 17207.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.77 C = 116.18 F Cap Strength: 16.12 C Lifted Index: 16.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.49 C Showalter Index: 18.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -4.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.78 C Cross Totals Index: -26.05 C K Index: -26.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13757.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.49 mb = 2045.44 m = 6710.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.2 neg: -23.5 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 27.64 m/s