MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1010 58 12.0 1.0 47 11.0 6.8 263 4 284.3 285.1 279.5 295.8 4.06 1 1000 140 13.6 -0.2 39 13.7 7.1 287 11 286.7 287.4 280.3 297.5 3.78 2 950 571 11.5 -2.2 38 13.8 5.3 307 21 288.9 289.5 280.8 298.8 3.41 3 900 1020 8.7 -9.1 27 17.7 1.8 299 19 290.4 290.8 279.9 296.8 2.14 4 850 1490 6.4 -11.1 27 17.5 -0.2 251 20 292.8 293.2 280.7 298.6 1.92 5 800 1984 4.6 -16.2 20 20.8 -2.3 241 23 296.0 296.3 281.4 300.2 1.35 6 750 2508 4.0 -30.3 6 34.3 -4.6 254 28 300.9 301.0 282.3 302.3 0.41 7 700 3067 3.0 -42.1 2 45.1 -6.0 252 35 305.8 305.8 283.9 306.3 0.13 8 650 3661 -2.3 -28.2 12 25.8 -8.8 261 41 306.3 306.4 284.7 308.3 0.58 9 600 4290 -5.9 -37.8 6 31.9 -12.0 258 46 309.3 309.3 285.4 310.1 0.24 10 550 4965 -10.2 -41.5 6 31.3 -15.3 259 52 312.0 312.0 286.2 312.6 0.18 11 500 5692 -14.8 -54.2 2 39.4 -19.1 261 56 315.0 315.0 287.2 315.2 0.05 12 450 6479 -20.8 -53.5 4 32.7 -23.9 259 62 317.1 317.1 287.9 317.3 0.06 13 400 7339 -26.2 -40.7 24 14.5 -28.0 254 78 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.27 14 350 8291 -32.9 -47.3 22 14.4 -34.1 256 84 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.15 15 300 9358 -40.6 -56.0 18 15.4 -41.3 259 87 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.4 0.06 16 250 10574 -50.0 -58.8 34 8.9 -50.2 261 88 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.05 17 200 12002 -58.5 -68.0 28 9.5 -58.6 260 85 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.2 0.02 18 150 13797 -61.3 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.4 259 79 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16290 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 256 48 403.9 403.9 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5551.47 m Freezing level: 671.77 mb = 3402.21 m = 11161.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 854.03 mb = 1450.60 m = 4759.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.81 % Est. max temperature: 20.02 C = 68.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.27 mb = 1448.36 m = 4751.77 ft T: 6.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 1.98 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 557.42 mb = 4860.71 m = 15947.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.28 C = 102.71 F Cap Strength: 14.38 C Lifted Index: 15.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.65 C Showalter Index: 15.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.16 C Cross Totals Index: 3.63 C K Index: -35.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 96.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15091.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.82 mb = 2264.85 m = 7430.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 4.7 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.8 neg: -24.0 tot: 80.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 85.13 m/s