MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 22 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 18.3 9.0 55 9.3 12.9 192 8 290.9 292.2 285.8 311.3 7.15 1 1000 107 18.6 8.7 53 9.9 12.9 194 12 291.8 293.0 286.1 312.0 7.09 2 950 546 16.8 7.4 54 9.4 11.4 206 30 294.3 295.5 286.8 314.0 6.83 3 900 1005 16.7 -5.9 21 22.6 6.4 239 32 298.7 299.2 284.2 307.0 2.73 4 850 1489 14.0 0.4 39 13.6 6.9 256 37 300.8 301.6 287.0 314.7 4.62 5 800 1997 10.5 4.7 68 5.7 7.3 262 42 302.3 303.6 289.5 322.4 6.73 6 750 2530 7.0 -0.5 59 7.5 3.2 260 39 304.1 305.0 288.5 319.1 4.92 7 700 3094 3.7 -3.7 58 7.4 0.2 260 41 306.6 307.4 288.6 319.5 4.17 8 650 3692 -0.7 -7.7 59 7.0 -3.7 250 41 308.2 308.8 288.2 318.5 3.29 9 600 4325 -4.6 -14.1 47 9.5 -8.0 246 49 310.8 311.2 288.0 317.7 2.14 10 550 5006 -7.7 -26.3 21 18.5 -12.5 241 58 314.9 315.0 288.0 317.7 0.81 11 500 5740 -12.8 -31.8 19 19.0 -16.8 243 63 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.3 0.53 12 450 6532 -18.9 -35.0 23 16.1 -21.7 243 66 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.0 0.43 13 400 7397 -25.3 -40.8 22 15.4 -27.3 242 72 322.1 322.1 289.7 323.1 0.27 14 350 8354 -30.9 -54.6 8 23.7 -32.6 241 79 327.0 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.07 15 300 9431 -38.2 -57.6 11 19.4 -39.2 245 80 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 16 250 10661 -47.3 -61.0 19 13.7 -47.7 254 85 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.04 17 200 12106 -55.3 -71.5 12 16.2 -55.5 253 78 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 18 150 13899 -64.1 -79.9 10 15.8 -64.2 249 80 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16375 -65.4 -87.4 3 22.1 -65.5 239 57 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.77 m Freezing level: 657.95 mb = 3596.71 m = 11800.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.11 mb = 3127.61 m = 10261.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.26 mb = 1240.68 m = 4070.43 ft T: 15.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.84 mb = 3509.67 m = 11514.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.08 F Cap Strength: 7.94 C Lifted Index: 8.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.88 C Showalter Index: 6.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 13.19 C K Index: 19.77 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10720.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.47 mb = 1970.72 m = 6465.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 326.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 136.85 m/s