MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1008 58 21.6 6.3 37 15.4 13.0 206 12 294.1 295.2 285.8 311.4 5.93 1 1000 127 19.8 5.1 38 14.7 11.8 207 13 293.0 294.0 284.9 309.0 5.52 2 950 565 15.3 3.8 46 11.5 9.2 209 16 292.7 293.6 284.6 308.1 5.30 3 900 1019 12.9 -12.2 16 25.1 3.2 234 22 294.8 295.1 281.3 299.9 1.67 4 850 1499 13.1 -5.5 27 18.6 4.6 260 23 299.8 300.4 284.9 308.9 2.97 5 800 2005 10.2 -9.5 24 19.7 2.0 253 24 302.0 302.5 285.1 309.3 2.32 6 750 2539 8.2 -20.4 11 28.5 -1.3 245 30 305.4 305.6 284.8 308.7 1.01 7 700 3104 5.2 -22.3 12 27.6 -3.5 244 36 308.3 308.5 285.8 311.3 0.91 8 650 3705 2.9 -29.5 7 32.4 -5.8 251 40 312.2 312.3 286.7 314.0 0.51 9 600 4348 -0.8 -31.1 8 30.3 -8.4 248 40 315.2 315.3 287.7 316.9 0.48 10 550 5036 -5.4 -35.9 7 30.5 -11.9 243 43 317.6 317.7 288.3 318.8 0.32 11 500 5775 -10.7 -39.9 7 29.3 -15.9 243 48 320.0 320.1 289.0 320.9 0.24 12 450 6575 -16.8 -42.3 9 25.5 -20.6 244 51 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.8 0.20 13 400 7447 -23.3 -46.5 10 23.2 -25.9 245 56 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.15 14 350 8409 -30.6 -48.9 15 18.3 -32.1 245 59 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.13 15 300 9488 -37.8 -53.5 18 15.7 -38.7 242 59 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.09 16 250 10717 -48.3 -55.0 46 6.7 -48.6 241 64 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.09 17 200 12152 -57.1 -66.8 28 9.7 -57.2 242 64 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 13943 -63.2 -78.6 11 15.4 -63.3 249 63 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16398 -70.4 -86.6 8 16.2 -70.5 239 47 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.90 m Freezing level: 610.52 mb = 4212.73 m = 13821.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.23 mb = 2318.97 m = 7608.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.16 mb = 1982.88 m = 6505.42 ft T: 10.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 11.42 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.17 mb = 5018.78 m = 16465.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.15 C = 113.27 F Cap Strength: 13.29 C Lifted Index: 13.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.90 C Showalter Index: 12.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 5.14 C K Index: -9.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 93.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12674.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.48 mb = 2294.89 m = 7529.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 71.01 m/s