MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1008 58 16.0 4.0 45 12.0 9.7 253 4 288.4 289.3 282.5 302.8 5.04 1 1000 129 17.5 3.0 38 14.5 10.0 268 10 290.7 291.5 283.1 304.4 4.74 2 950 565 15.2 0.9 38 14.4 8.0 278 23 292.7 293.4 283.5 305.2 4.29 3 900 1019 10.9 -0.6 45 11.5 5.4 276 24 292.8 293.5 283.2 304.7 4.07 4 850 1492 7.1 -10.8 27 17.9 0.3 288 25 293.6 294.0 281.1 299.6 1.97 5 800 1988 4.9 -11.7 29 16.5 -1.3 284 22 296.3 296.7 282.3 302.4 1.96 6 750 2512 4.4 -28.3 7 32.7 -4.2 269 25 301.4 301.5 282.6 303.0 0.49 7 700 3072 3.2 -32.9 5 36.1 -5.5 267 28 306.1 306.1 284.3 307.3 0.34 8 650 3668 -0.8 -35.9 5 35.0 -8.4 260 35 308.0 308.1 284.9 309.0 0.27 9 600 4299 -5.9 -37.9 6 32.0 -11.9 264 41 309.3 309.4 285.4 310.2 0.24 10 550 4975 -9.8 -49.6 2 39.8 -15.3 261 47 312.4 312.4 286.3 312.7 0.07 11 500 5704 -13.5 -35.7 14 22.2 -17.6 257 63 316.6 316.6 288.1 317.9 0.36 12 450 6497 -18.8 -33.2 27 14.5 -21.4 256 74 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.5 0.52 13 400 7363 -25.1 -39.1 26 14.1 -26.9 254 81 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.6 0.32 14 350 8318 -32.1 -49.6 16 17.5 -33.5 254 82 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.12 15 300 9388 -40.5 -53.7 23 13.2 -41.2 258 83 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.09 16 250 10606 -49.4 -57.8 37 8.4 -49.6 261 83 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.06 17 200 12037 -57.5 -66.0 33 8.5 -57.6 257 78 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 13832 -62.1 -79.5 8 17.4 -62.2 261 73 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16316 -65.5 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.6 248 45 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.94 m Freezing level: 660.39 mb = 3544.10 m = 11627.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.12 mb = 1587.50 m = 5208.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.75 % Est. max temperature: 21.02 C = 69.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.96 mb = 1569.53 m = 5149.30 ft T: 6.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 5.60 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.94 mb = 4156.69 m = 13637.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.62 C = 97.92 F Cap Strength: 10.25 C Lifted Index: 12.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.01 C Showalter Index: 15.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.63 C Cross Totals Index: 2.71 C K Index: -26.29 Risk: None Sweat Index: 113.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12083.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.17 mb = 2222.95 m = 7293.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 64.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 51.68 m/s