MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 16.7 10.0 64 6.7 12.8 194 8 289.4 290.7 285.7 311.0 7.66 1 1000 109 17.1 9.8 62 7.3 12.8 198 12 290.2 291.6 285.9 311.8 7.60 2 950 548 18.0 8.2 53 9.7 12.3 228 36 295.4 296.7 287.5 316.4 7.22 3 900 1008 14.6 4.1 49 10.5 8.9 246 37 296.5 297.6 286.5 313.3 5.69 4 850 1488 11.2 8.3 82 2.9 9.5 261 26 297.8 299.3 289.2 321.5 8.09 5 800 1991 7.6 5.0 83 2.7 6.2 259 33 299.3 300.5 288.6 319.5 6.83 6 750 2525 7.3 -5.4 40 12.8 1.5 252 43 304.5 305.2 287.1 315.0 3.40 7 700 3088 3.1 -1.5 72 4.6 0.8 254 46 305.9 306.8 289.0 320.9 4.89 8 650 3684 -1.6 -9.6 54 8.0 -4.8 241 45 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.1 2.84 9 600 4315 -5.8 -14.7 50 8.9 -8.9 242 47 309.4 309.8 287.4 316.0 2.04 10 550 4993 -8.8 -31.8 14 23.0 -13.8 244 54 313.6 313.7 287.2 315.4 0.49 11 500 5723 -14.3 -33.9 17 19.6 -18.0 248 60 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.2 0.43 12 450 6512 -19.6 -37.5 19 17.8 -22.4 245 70 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.8 0.34 13 400 7379 -24.1 -60.7 2 36.7 -26.8 247 78 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.8 0.03 14 350 8338 -30.9 -55.7 7 24.8 -32.6 256 85 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.06 15 300 9415 -38.8 -55.9 15 17.1 -39.7 259 89 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.07 16 250 10642 -47.1 -61.2 19 14.1 -47.6 262 89 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.2 0.04 17 200 12088 -55.6 -71.9 11 16.4 -55.8 254 86 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.8 0.01 18 150 13884 -63.4 -79.4 10 15.9 -63.6 250 83 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16365 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 249 53 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.62 m Freezing level: 666.90 mb = 3482.31 m = 11424.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.98 mb = 3168.97 m = 10396.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.04 C = 77.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.78 mb = 916.40 m = 3006.52 ft T: 15.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 6.46 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.37 mb = 3025.54 m = 9926.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.13 C = 91.63 F Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lifted Index: 5.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.12 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 29.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9593.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.17 mb = 1654.28 m = 5427.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.7 neg: -25.1 tot: 313.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 82.17 m/s