MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z 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 1012 58 10.3 0.8 52 9.5 5.9 243 4 282.6 283.2 278.5 293.8 4.02 1 1000 154 12.9 -0.4 40 13.3 6.7 277 13 286.0 286.7 279.8 296.6 3.70 2 950 584 11.2 -2.9 37 14.1 4.9 306 18 288.5 289.1 280.4 298.0 3.25 3 900 1032 7.9 -7.4 33 15.3 1.8 301 20 289.6 290.1 279.9 296.8 2.42 4 850 1501 6.1 -13.1 24 19.2 -0.7 259 22 292.5 292.8 280.3 297.5 1.64 5 800 1995 4.3 -18.5 17 22.8 -2.9 256 28 295.7 295.9 281.0 299.2 1.11 6 750 2518 2.6 -24.2 12 26.8 -4.8 264 33 299.4 299.5 282.1 301.8 0.72 7 700 3074 1.5 -41.0 3 42.5 -6.8 262 41 304.1 304.1 283.2 304.7 0.15 8 650 3666 -2.2 -36.3 5 34.1 -9.2 257 46 306.5 306.5 284.3 307.4 0.26 9 600 4296 -5.6 -41.5 4 35.9 -11.9 258 51 309.7 309.7 285.4 310.3 0.17 10 550 4972 -9.8 -44.4 4 34.7 -15.1 260 57 312.5 312.5 286.4 313.0 0.13 11 500 5700 -14.7 -50.9 3 36.1 -19.0 260 60 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.4 0.07 12 450 6487 -21.3 -56.3 3 35.0 -24.4 258 61 316.4 316.5 287.6 316.6 0.04 13 400 7344 -27.5 -45.5 16 18.1 -29.3 258 74 319.3 319.3 288.7 319.9 0.16 14 350 8290 -33.8 -45.8 29 12.0 -34.8 257 83 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.9 0.18 15 300 9354 -41.1 -51.7 31 10.5 -41.7 258 88 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.11 16 250 10569 -49.9 -60.6 27 10.7 -50.2 259 91 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.04 17 200 11997 -58.0 -69.1 23 11.2 -58.1 259 90 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.0 0.02 18 150 13799 -60.1 -84.8 3 24.7 -60.3 261 75 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16292 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 261 48 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5545.73 m Freezing level: 680.07 mb = 3309.84 m = 10858.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 863.88 mb = 1368.36 m = 4489.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.24 % Est. max temperature: 19.66 C = 67.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.35 mb = 1260.16 m = 4134.33 ft T: 7.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.17 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 549.02 mb = 4985.80 m = 16357.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.43 C = 104.78 F Cap Strength: 15.36 C Lifted Index: 16.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.59 C Showalter Index: 15.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.83 C Cross Totals Index: 1.64 C K Index: -34.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 104.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14447.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.18 mb = 2208.90 m = 7246.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 4.7 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.6 neg: -27.1 tot: 96.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 98.90 m/s