MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1006 58 21.7 7.3 39 14.4 13.5 196 11 294.4 295.6 286.4 313.0 6.40 1 1000 106 21.2 6.4 38 14.8 12.9 197 13 294.3 295.4 286.0 311.9 6.04 2 950 546 16.8 5.1 46 11.7 10.4 200 19 294.3 295.3 285.8 311.2 5.81 3 900 1004 16.2 -11.2 14 27.3 5.0 239 25 298.2 298.5 282.9 303.8 1.81 4 850 1488 14.0 -1.5 34 15.5 6.3 251 29 300.8 301.5 286.4 313.0 4.03 5 800 1995 11.2 -8.6 24 19.7 2.7 247 38 303.1 303.5 285.7 310.9 2.50 6 750 2530 7.8 -15.4 17 23.2 -0.7 248 43 305.1 305.4 285.3 310.0 1.54 7 700 3094 4.5 -27.2 8 31.8 -4.4 249 50 307.5 307.6 285.1 309.5 0.59 8 650 3691 0.4 -18.9 22 19.2 -6.0 250 42 309.4 309.7 286.6 313.8 1.33 9 600 4330 -1.9 -27.8 12 25.9 -8.8 239 45 314.0 314.1 287.5 316.2 0.65 10 550 5016 -6.2 -34.3 9 28.1 -12.3 239 51 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.1 0.38 11 500 5753 -11.4 -40.5 7 29.1 -16.4 239 55 319.1 319.2 288.7 320.0 0.22 12 450 6551 -17.6 -42.0 10 24.4 -21.1 239 59 321.2 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.21 13 400 7420 -23.9 -44.6 13 20.8 -26.3 241 65 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.18 14 350 8380 -31.2 -46.2 22 15.0 -32.6 241 70 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.17 15 300 9453 -38.7 -54.7 17 16.0 -39.6 238 75 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 16 250 10682 -47.5 -62.0 17 14.5 -47.9 249 73 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.04 17 200 12123 -57.1 -71.2 15 14.1 -57.3 246 69 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.01 18 150 13914 -63.5 -78.8 11 15.3 -63.6 249 73 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16381 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 236 55 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.70 m Freezing level: 641.38 mb = 3801.41 m = 12471.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.92 mb = 2410.27 m = 7907.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.07 mb = 1870.01 m = 6135.14 ft T: 11.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 9.23 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 577.93 mb = 4625.13 m = 15174.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.51 C = 108.52 F Cap Strength: 10.71 C Lifted Index: 11.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.74 C Showalter Index: 9.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 9.89 C K Index: -7.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 113.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11344.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.75 mb = 2379.53 m = 7806.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 126.02 m/s