MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1011 58 10.3 5.2 70 5.2 7.7 196 3 282.6 283.5 280.3 297.8 5.47 1 1000 152 15.4 3.0 43 12.3 9.0 252 10 288.5 289.3 282.2 302.1 4.75 2 950 586 13.3 1.9 46 11.5 7.6 253 11 290.7 291.5 283.0 304.0 4.60 3 900 1038 12.0 -14.7 14 26.6 2.4 232 14 293.8 294.1 280.4 298.0 1.36 4 850 1515 12.3 -35.9 2 48.2 0.4 233 17 299.1 299.1 281.3 299.8 0.21 5 800 2022 11.6 -23.1 7 34.7 0.5 252 18 303.5 303.7 283.8 306.0 0.74 6 750 2558 9.3 -8.3 28 17.6 1.6 260 22 306.7 307.2 287.2 315.2 2.72 7 700 3126 6.5 -11.8 26 18.2 -1.0 262 26 309.6 310.1 287.7 316.8 2.22 8 650 3729 3.0 -14.0 27 17.0 -3.6 260 26 312.3 312.7 288.3 318.8 1.99 9 600 4372 -1.0 -21.1 20 20.1 -7.4 260 27 314.9 315.2 288.4 319.0 1.19 10 550 5060 -5.3 -32.0 10 26.7 -11.6 258 30 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.5 0.48 11 500 5799 -10.6 -38.4 8 27.7 -15.8 256 33 320.1 320.1 289.1 321.1 0.28 12 450 6600 -16.2 -43.0 8 26.7 -20.2 264 34 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.6 0.19 13 400 7475 -22.3 -44.3 12 22.1 -25.1 273 36 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.19 14 350 8440 -29.7 -50.1 12 20.4 -31.4 278 36 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.11 15 300 9522 -37.6 -55.7 13 18.1 -38.6 281 34 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.07 16 250 10753 -48.0 -61.3 20 13.3 -48.4 277 37 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 17 200 12190 -56.5 -69.4 18 12.9 -56.7 275 37 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 18 150 13984 -63.1 -78.6 11 15.5 -63.2 268 42 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16435 -68.4 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.5 264 31 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.71 m Freezing level: 612.73 mb = 4208.39 m = 13806.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.93 mb = 2906.22 m = 9534.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.64 mb = 722.11 m = 2369.11 ft T: 12.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 6.00 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 529.49 mb = 5354.48 m = 17566.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.57 C = 115.83 F Cap Strength: 16.46 C Lifted Index: 16.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.71 C Showalter Index: 17.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -2.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: -25.25 C K Index: -31.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14212.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.62 mb = 2151.22 m = 7057.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 22.86 m/s