MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1007 59 15.3 8.8 65 6.6 11.6 296 6 287.9 289.2 284.5 307.8 7.05 1 1000 118 15.8 8.1 60 7.6 11.5 305 10 288.9 290.1 284.7 308.2 6.80 2 950 551 13.3 3.2 51 10.0 8.1 319 23 290.6 291.5 283.5 305.3 5.08 3 900 1004 11.4 -1.6 40 13.0 5.2 291 17 293.3 293.9 283.1 304.3 3.76 4 850 1478 7.4 3.7 77 3.7 5.5 258 21 293.9 295.0 285.7 311.0 5.87 5 800 1975 5.3 -11.3 29 16.6 -0.9 245 29 296.9 297.2 282.6 303.1 2.02 6 750 2500 4.4 -32.3 5 36.8 -4.4 242 41 301.4 301.4 282.4 302.5 0.34 7 700 3059 2.9 -42.2 2 45.1 -6.1 245 46 305.7 305.7 283.8 306.2 0.13 8 650 3654 -0.7 -27.3 11 26.6 -7.7 246 49 308.1 308.3 285.4 310.3 0.63 9 600 4286 -5.8 -28.0 15 22.2 -11.2 250 51 309.4 309.5 285.9 311.5 0.63 10 550 4962 -9.8 -37.9 8 28.1 -14.9 254 58 312.5 312.5 286.5 313.4 0.27 11 500 5692 -12.8 -50.2 3 37.4 -17.7 255 64 317.4 317.4 288.0 317.7 0.08 12 450 6488 -17.5 -55.0 2 37.5 -21.4 256 70 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.5 0.05 13 400 7358 -23.7 -44.2 13 20.6 -26.2 262 75 324.2 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.19 14 350 8319 -31.2 -47.3 19 16.2 -32.6 262 75 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.3 0.15 15 300 9399 -37.1 -60.0 7 22.9 -38.2 264 84 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.04 16 250 10635 -46.7 -65.0 11 18.4 -47.1 260 88 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 17 200 12078 -56.5 -71.1 14 14.6 -56.7 259 83 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.01 18 150 13864 -64.2 -80.5 9 16.3 -64.3 251 69 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.00 19 100 16332 -65.0 -85.7 4 20.7 -65.2 264 36 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.88 m Freezing level: 660.00 mb = 3535.21 m = 11598.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 807.18 mb = 1901.50 m = 6238.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.91 % Est. max temperature: 21.27 C = 70.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.33 mb = 889.95 m = 2919.74 ft T: 11.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.77 mb = 3742.61 m = 12278.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.79 C = 96.43 F Cap Strength: 9.50 C Lifted Index: 12.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.01 C Showalter Index: 8.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.24 C Cross Totals Index: 16.51 C K Index: -21.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 150.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12087.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.93 mb = 1703.42 m = 5588.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 7.3 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.4 neg: -79.0 tot: 129.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 175.32 m/s