MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1005 58 21.5 5.2 34 16.4 12.4 240 10 294.2 295.2 285.4 310.2 5.50 1 1000 104 21.0 4.0 33 17.0 11.8 240 11 294.1 295.0 284.9 309.0 5.10 2 950 544 16.6 2.6 39 13.9 9.3 243 17 294.0 294.9 284.7 308.2 4.87 3 900 1000 12.2 1.8 49 10.4 6.9 244 18 294.0 294.9 284.7 308.2 4.84 4 850 1474 7.5 0.3 60 7.2 4.0 246 19 294.0 294.8 284.4 307.5 4.60 5 800 1972 6.9 -24.1 9 31.0 -2.1 276 34 298.5 298.6 281.6 300.7 0.68 6 750 2499 5.0 -20.2 14 25.1 -3.0 273 38 302.0 302.2 283.5 305.3 1.03 7 700 3058 2.0 -28.1 9 30.1 -5.8 268 42 304.7 304.8 284.0 306.5 0.54 8 650 3653 -0.2 -43.2 2 43.1 -8.2 268 43 308.8 308.8 285.0 309.2 0.13 9 600 4287 -4.5 -33.5 8 29.0 -10.8 268 45 310.9 311.0 286.1 312.3 0.38 10 550 4965 -8.9 -39.6 6 30.7 -14.3 265 56 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.4 0.22 11 500 5696 -12.9 -34.0 15 21.1 -17.0 266 65 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.9 0.43 12 450 6492 -17.6 -37.4 16 19.8 -20.9 266 75 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.34 13 400 7363 -23.6 -41.3 18 17.7 -25.9 263 80 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.26 14 350 8323 -31.3 -46.4 21 15.1 -32.7 260 78 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.17 15 300 9393 -40.2 -51.9 28 11.6 -40.9 258 73 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.11 16 250 10612 -49.0 -60.1 26 11.1 -49.3 255 70 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 17 200 12047 -57.2 -67.8 25 10.6 -57.3 256 68 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 18 150 13839 -63.0 -79.6 9 16.6 -63.1 256 70 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16320 -65.4 -91.6 1 26.2 -65.5 242 43 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.14 m Freezing level: 654.05 mb = 3604.39 m = 11825.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.15 mb = 1797.75 m = 5898.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.53 % Est. max temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.13 mb = 2093.93 m = 6869.76 ft T: 6.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.52 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.23 mb = 4088.36 m = 13413.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.57 C = 99.63 F Cap Strength: 8.91 C Lifted Index: 10.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.86 C Showalter Index: 10.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.43 C Cross Totals Index: 13.22 C K Index: -9.34 Risk: None Sweat Index: 174.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11520.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.28 mb = 2260.04 m = 7414.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 140.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 100.40 m/s