MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 58 12.1 5.2 63 6.9 8.5 223 3 284.3 285.2 281.1 299.6 5.48 1 1000 159 16.2 2.5 40 13.8 9.2 239 10 289.4 290.2 282.4 302.5 4.57 2 950 593 13.7 1.0 42 12.7 7.4 253 11 291.1 291.8 282.8 303.6 4.33 3 900 1045 10.1 -0.3 49 10.3 5.1 262 12 291.9 292.6 283.0 304.0 4.16 4 850 1520 11.2 -36.6 2 47.8 -0.2 226 10 297.9 297.9 280.7 298.5 0.19 5 800 2024 10.9 -32.7 3 43.7 -0.6 265 12 302.8 302.9 283.0 303.9 0.30 6 750 2561 9.7 -6.6 31 16.3 2.3 272 19 307.1 307.7 287.7 316.9 3.11 7 700 3130 7.0 -7.9 34 14.9 0.4 272 25 310.3 310.8 288.7 319.8 3.01 8 650 3735 3.7 -10.3 35 14.1 -2.2 272 27 313.2 313.7 289.3 321.9 2.68 9 600 4380 -0.5 -15.7 31 15.2 -6.1 270 28 315.5 315.9 289.3 321.8 1.88 10 550 5068 -5.5 -22.0 26 16.5 -10.5 268 28 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.6 1.19 11 500 5807 -10.7 -31.2 17 20.5 -15.3 263 29 319.9 320.1 289.3 322.0 0.57 12 450 6608 -16.7 -42.2 9 25.5 -20.5 261 31 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.21 13 400 7480 -23.3 -48.4 8 25.2 -26.0 259 32 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.12 14 350 8443 -29.7 -56.0 6 26.3 -31.6 273 30 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.06 15 300 9524 -38.1 -55.0 15 16.9 -39.1 286 31 331.6 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.07 16 250 10753 -47.2 -64.7 12 17.5 -47.7 288 28 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 17 200 12197 -56.2 -70.3 15 14.1 -56.3 278 36 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.01 18 150 13994 -62.7 -80.9 7 18.1 -62.9 276 36 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 258 30 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.25 m Freezing level: 605.83 mb = 4304.44 m = 14122.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 851.75 mb = 1503.29 m = 4931.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.25 C = 75.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.63 mb = 938.09 m = 3077.68 ft T: 10.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 5.45 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 543.55 mb = 5159.37 m = 16926.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.76 C = 114.37 F Cap Strength: 15.60 C Lifted Index: 16.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.71 C Showalter Index: 18.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -3.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.94 C Cross Totals Index: -25.91 C K Index: -29.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 49.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13893.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.35 mb = 2052.00 m = 6732.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: -5.4 tot: 54.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 19.22 m/s