MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1008 58 13.2 8.3 72 4.8 10.5 244 3 285.7 286.9 283.3 304.8 6.84 1 1000 125 13.9 8.1 68 5.8 10.7 270 7 287.0 288.2 283.8 306.0 6.77 2 950 557 13.6 2.1 45 11.6 7.8 310 16 291.0 291.8 283.2 304.5 4.67 3 900 1009 10.1 -0.6 48 10.6 5.0 296 15 291.9 292.6 282.9 303.8 4.08 4 850 1481 6.7 -1.5 56 8.2 2.8 264 19 293.1 293.8 283.4 304.9 4.02 5 800 1976 4.6 -14.3 24 18.9 -2.0 246 28 296.0 296.3 281.7 300.9 1.57 6 750 2500 3.9 -26.8 8 30.8 -4.3 252 39 300.9 301.0 282.5 302.7 0.57 7 700 3059 2.7 -29.8 7 32.5 -5.6 253 46 305.5 305.6 284.2 307.1 0.46 8 650 3654 -1.7 -22.1 19 20.4 -7.7 252 48 307.0 307.2 285.4 310.3 1.00 9 600 4283 -6.1 -32.9 10 26.8 -11.8 251 51 309.1 309.1 285.5 310.5 0.40 10 550 4960 -9.4 -46.1 3 36.7 -14.9 254 54 313.0 313.0 286.5 313.4 0.11 11 500 5691 -12.6 -52.7 2 40.1 -17.6 258 60 317.7 317.7 288.1 317.9 0.06 12 450 6485 -18.1 -45.1 7 27.1 -21.7 262 68 320.5 320.5 289.0 321.1 0.15 13 400 7356 -23.6 -40.7 19 17.0 -25.9 264 74 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.3 0.27 14 350 8316 -30.4 -58.0 5 27.7 -32.2 263 76 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.04 15 300 9395 -37.8 -56.4 13 18.6 -38.8 259 80 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.06 16 250 10625 -47.7 -62.8 16 15.1 -48.1 254 81 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.03 17 200 12066 -56.3 -69.1 19 12.8 -56.5 250 77 343.6 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13855 -64.3 -78.5 13 14.2 -64.4 254 70 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16328 -65.0 -86.7 3 21.7 -65.1 257 34 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5565.75 m Freezing level: 669.45 mb = 3422.24 m = 11227.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 820.70 mb = 1767.67 m = 5799.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.68 % Est. max temperature: 20.44 C = 68.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.98 mb = 672.67 m = 2206.89 ft T: 12.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.56 mb = 3634.29 m = 11923.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.51 C = 94.12 F Cap Strength: 10.66 C Lifted Index: 13.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.42 C Showalter Index: 13.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.27 C Cross Totals Index: 11.08 C K Index: -14.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 97.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13141.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.38 mb = 1662.16 m = 5453.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 4.6 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.8 neg: -39.2 tot: 142.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 131.52 m/s