MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 15.7 10.6 71 5.2 12.7 226 7 288.4 289.8 285.6 310.8 7.97 1 1000 109 15.9 10.4 70 5.5 12.7 228 10 289.0 290.4 285.8 311.4 7.92 2 950 547 17.3 7.4 52 9.9 11.6 260 31 294.7 295.9 286.9 314.4 6.79 3 900 1005 13.0 9.5 79 3.5 11.0 263 28 295.0 296.5 288.4 319.0 8.33 4 850 1483 9.0 8.4 96 0.7 8.6 249 29 295.6 297.1 288.5 319.2 8.14 5 800 1982 5.8 -0.4 65 6.1 2.8 246 30 297.3 298.1 285.7 311.1 4.65 6 750 2510 6.1 -8.3 35 14.4 -0.0 246 44 303.2 303.7 285.9 311.6 2.71 7 700 3072 2.9 -5.2 55 8.1 -0.8 232 48 305.7 306.4 287.8 317.2 3.71 8 650 3667 -2.1 -10.9 51 8.8 -5.5 236 51 306.6 307.0 286.9 314.6 2.56 9 600 4298 -4.8 -28.1 14 23.3 -10.6 246 52 310.5 310.6 286.3 312.7 0.63 10 550 4976 -9.7 -30.2 17 20.5 -14.3 247 58 312.5 312.6 286.9 314.5 0.56 11 500 5702 -14.6 -34.7 16 20.2 -18.3 250 66 315.2 315.3 287.6 316.7 0.40 12 450 6496 -17.5 -56.1 2 38.6 -21.4 253 69 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.4 0.04 13 400 7368 -23.2 -50.6 6 27.4 -26.0 258 77 324.8 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.09 14 350 8330 -30.2 -54.3 8 24.0 -32.0 256 78 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.07 15 300 9407 -38.6 -52.7 21 14.1 -39.5 259 81 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 16 250 10639 -46.4 -62.8 14 16.3 -46.9 267 88 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.03 17 200 12084 -56.0 -73.4 10 17.4 -56.2 260 84 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.2 0.01 18 150 13874 -64.2 -79.8 10 15.7 -64.3 253 74 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16344 -65.1 -87.1 3 22.0 -65.2 262 48 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5593.43 m Freezing level: 671.28 mb = 3413.60 m = 11199.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.69 mb = 2502.85 m = 8211.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.86 % Est. max temperature: 22.87 C = 73.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.13 mb = 717.07 m = 2352.55 ft T: 15.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 8.09 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 1897.86 m = 6226.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.37 C = 75.86 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.90 C Showalter Index: 2.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 23.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9170.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.34 mb = 1420.65 m = 4660.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 4.6 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.5 neg: -40.3 tot: 128.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 84.06 m/s