MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 23 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 58 18.5 4.2 39 14.2 10.9 246 5 291.1 292.0 283.8 305.9 5.15 1 1000 114 19.0 3.6 36 15.4 10.9 250 10 292.2 293.0 284.0 306.5 4.96 2 950 553 16.2 1.4 37 14.8 8.6 261 22 293.6 294.4 284.0 306.6 4.44 3 900 1008 11.8 0.3 45 11.6 6.1 258 23 293.7 294.4 284.0 306.4 4.33 4 850 1482 8.1 -9.6 27 17.7 1.1 272 25 294.6 295.0 281.8 301.2 2.17 5 800 1980 6.7 -15.5 19 22.2 -1.0 283 29 298.3 298.6 282.5 302.8 1.43 6 750 2506 4.2 -19.2 16 23.4 -3.3 273 32 301.1 301.3 283.2 304.7 1.12 7 700 3065 3.3 -41.9 2 45.2 -5.8 271 35 306.2 306.2 284.1 306.7 0.14 8 650 3662 -0.3 -40.1 3 39.7 -8.2 269 38 308.6 308.6 285.0 309.3 0.18 9 600 4295 -5.1 -47.5 2 42.5 -11.8 259 44 310.3 310.3 285.5 310.6 0.09 10 550 4972 -9.3 -44.2 4 34.9 -14.8 263 52 313.0 313.0 286.6 313.5 0.14 11 500 5703 -12.7 -28.9 24 16.3 -16.4 263 67 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.1 0.70 12 450 6499 -18.0 -31.8 29 13.7 -20.7 260 75 320.5 320.7 289.6 322.7 0.59 13 400 7367 -24.3 -41.5 19 17.1 -26.5 258 78 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.25 14 350 8324 -31.9 -47.6 20 15.7 -33.3 257 77 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.15 15 300 9394 -40.3 -55.8 17 15.5 -41.1 259 76 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 16 250 10613 -49.0 -62.2 20 13.3 -49.3 260 75 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.04 17 200 12048 -57.4 -68.5 23 11.1 -57.5 259 75 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 18 150 13841 -62.6 -79.8 8 17.1 -62.8 259 73 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16320 -64.6 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 247 44 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.76 m Freezing level: 654.36 mb = 3609.71 m = 11842.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.87 mb = 1738.59 m = 5703.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.51 % Est. max temperature: 21.92 C = 71.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.43 mb = 1843.39 m = 6047.78 ft T: 7.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.36 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.81 mb = 4192.65 m = 13755.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.43 C = 99.38 F Cap Strength: 9.62 C Lifted Index: 11.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.21 C Showalter Index: 15.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.77 C Cross Totals Index: 3.09 C K Index: -34.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 117.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12544.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.15 mb = 2290.29 m = 7513.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 73.71 m/s