MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 18.2 6.6 47 11.6 11.8 208 9 290.4 291.5 284.5 307.7 6.05 1 1000 153 16.3 5.5 49 10.7 10.5 210 10 289.4 290.4 283.7 305.6 5.68 2 950 586 13.2 2.4 48 10.7 7.7 223 21 290.5 291.4 283.1 304.4 4.80 3 900 1038 11.4 -9.7 22 21.1 2.9 234 22 293.2 293.6 281.0 299.3 2.02 4 850 1516 12.6 -35.7 2 48.3 0.5 254 25 299.3 299.4 281.4 300.1 0.21 5 800 2021 10.1 -14.3 16 24.4 0.9 249 22 301.9 302.2 284.2 306.9 1.58 6 750 2554 7.8 -15.3 18 23.0 -0.7 238 23 305.0 305.3 285.3 310.0 1.55 7 700 3119 5.7 -27.6 7 33.2 -3.8 231 26 308.8 308.9 285.6 310.7 0.57 8 650 3721 3.0 -31.0 6 34.1 -5.8 236 34 312.4 312.5 286.7 313.9 0.44 9 600 4364 -1.0 -32.6 7 31.7 -8.7 242 38 315.0 315.1 287.6 316.5 0.41 10 550 5052 -4.9 -37.2 6 32.3 -11.7 246 39 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.3 0.29 11 500 5793 -10.0 -40.9 6 30.9 -15.5 249 41 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.6 0.21 12 450 6595 -16.3 -43.0 8 26.7 -20.3 251 42 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.19 13 400 7468 -22.9 -46.2 10 23.4 -25.6 252 43 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.15 14 350 8432 -29.8 -51.0 11 21.2 -31.6 248 44 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 15 300 9512 -37.7 -56.8 12 19.0 -38.8 252 47 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 16 250 10742 -48.1 -54.7 47 6.6 -48.4 259 54 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.09 17 200 12178 -56.8 -65.9 31 9.0 -57.0 254 52 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 13972 -62.6 -78.4 10 15.8 -62.7 254 54 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16430 -70.5 -86.7 7 16.2 -70.5 261 44 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.79 m Freezing level: 612.03 mb = 4209.10 m = 13809.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.61 mb = 2308.86 m = 7574.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.53 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.26 mb = 1513.23 m = 4964.62 ft T: 12.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 8.38 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 543.65 mb = 5142.18 m = 16870.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.43 C = 115.57 F Cap Strength: 15.56 C Lifted Index: 16.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.85 C Showalter Index: 17.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -3.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: -25.70 C K Index: -46.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 91.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14033.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.89 mb = 2001.35 m = 6566.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.8 neg: -8.0 tot: 85.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 40.46 m/s