MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 18.8 9.1 53 9.7 13.1 245 6 291.3 292.5 286.0 311.8 7.21 1 1000 129 17.1 8.2 56 8.8 12.0 246 7 290.2 291.4 285.2 309.7 6.85 2 950 563 14.0 -0.4 37 14.4 7.1 275 15 291.4 292.1 282.5 302.8 3.90 3 900 1015 9.8 -1.0 47 10.8 4.7 272 17 291.6 292.3 282.7 303.1 3.94 4 850 1486 6.3 -7.0 38 13.3 0.8 265 19 292.7 293.2 281.6 300.6 2.65 5 800 1981 4.6 -16.0 21 20.6 -2.3 262 29 296.0 296.3 281.5 300.3 1.37 6 750 2505 4.1 -32.0 5 36.1 -4.6 264 37 301.1 301.1 282.3 302.2 0.35 7 700 3063 2.4 -32.3 6 34.7 -6.0 257 42 305.1 305.2 284.0 306.4 0.36 8 650 3657 -2.1 -26.1 14 24.0 -8.4 254 45 306.6 306.7 284.9 308.9 0.70 9 600 4287 -5.1 -41.2 4 36.1 -11.6 256 50 310.2 310.2 285.6 310.8 0.17 10 550 4966 -8.0 -49.6 2 41.5 -14.0 264 55 314.6 314.6 287.1 314.9 0.08 11 500 5699 -12.7 -45.0 5 32.3 -17.5 265 61 317.5 317.6 288.1 318.1 0.14 12 450 6494 -17.8 -40.8 11 23.0 -21.3 263 69 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.7 0.24 13 400 7364 -23.8 -37.8 26 14.0 -25.9 264 74 324.1 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.37 14 350 8324 -30.6 -51.0 12 20.3 -32.3 263 77 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.10 15 300 9404 -38.2 -57.9 11 19.7 -39.2 260 77 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 16 250 10631 -48.3 -62.6 17 14.4 -48.7 257 73 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.03 17 200 12065 -57.2 -70.1 18 12.8 -57.4 254 72 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 18 150 13854 -63.4 -78.2 12 14.8 -63.5 256 68 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16332 -66.2 -86.7 4 20.5 -66.4 256 35 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.24 m Freezing level: 673.40 mb = 3378.95 m = 11085.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 836.72 mb = 1614.75 m = 5297.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.87 % Est. max temperature: 20.10 C = 68.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.91 mb = 1267.23 m = 4157.51 ft T: 7.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.70 mb = 3807.15 m = 12490.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.03 C = 95.05 F Cap Strength: 11.78 C Lifted Index: 12.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.94 C Showalter Index: 15.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.02 C Cross Totals Index: 5.68 C K Index: -22.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12588.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.71 mb = 1943.17 m = 6375.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 107.07 m/s