MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 21.7 4.8 33 16.9 12.4 246 11 294.3 295.3 285.3 310.0 5.36 1 1000 113 20.1 3.5 33 16.6 11.3 246 11 293.2 294.1 284.4 307.6 4.93 2 950 551 15.5 2.4 41 13.1 8.8 247 15 292.9 293.8 284.1 306.8 4.77 3 900 1005 10.9 1.6 52 9.3 6.2 249 16 292.8 293.6 284.1 306.7 4.77 4 850 1478 6.3 0.4 66 5.9 3.4 250 16 292.7 293.5 283.9 306.2 4.63 5 800 1973 5.5 -21.2 12 26.7 -2.6 269 33 297.0 297.1 281.3 299.8 0.88 6 750 2499 5.3 -29.5 6 34.7 -3.8 263 38 302.3 302.4 282.9 303.8 0.44 7 700 3058 2.2 -26.1 10 28.3 -5.5 263 41 304.9 305.1 284.2 307.1 0.65 8 650 3652 -1.0 -37.3 4 36.3 -8.6 266 44 307.8 307.8 284.8 308.6 0.24 9 600 4286 -3.5 -46.5 2 43.0 -10.8 270 47 312.0 312.1 286.2 312.4 0.10 10 550 4967 -8.5 -32.1 13 23.6 -13.6 269 57 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.6 0.47 11 500 5698 -13.0 -40.5 8 27.4 -17.5 270 66 317.2 317.2 288.1 318.0 0.22 12 450 6493 -17.8 -33.3 24 15.5 -20.7 267 71 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.7 0.51 13 400 7364 -23.7 -46.8 10 23.1 -26.3 265 75 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.14 14 350 8324 -30.8 -50.8 12 20.0 -32.4 265 77 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.10 15 300 9401 -38.9 -58.8 10 19.9 -39.8 258 72 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 16 250 10624 -49.0 -60.6 25 11.6 -49.3 256 70 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.04 17 200 12056 -57.7 -68.2 25 10.5 -57.9 255 71 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 18 150 13841 -63.6 -78.7 11 15.2 -63.7 256 70 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16322 -65.7 -87.7 3 21.9 -65.9 248 38 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.96 m Freezing level: 665.92 mb = 3462.93 m = 11361.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 821.40 mb = 1757.20 m = 5765.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.04 % Est. max temperature: 20.11 C = 68.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.59 mb = 2152.14 m = 7060.75 ft T: 5.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 10.17 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.58 mb = 4330.95 m = 14208.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.60 C = 103.28 F Cap Strength: 10.20 C Lifted Index: 11.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.75 C Showalter Index: 11.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.29 C Cross Totals Index: 13.40 C K Index: -8.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 103.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12309.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.04 mb = 2178.73 m = 7147.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 100.32 m/s