MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511230000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511230000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 23 NOV 25 Station: 34.9,-85.6 Latitude: 34.90 Longitude: -85.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 159 SFC 978 346 13.4 12.0 91 1.4 12.6 354 5 288.4 290.0 286.6 313.8 9.04 2 950 590 11.3 11.0 98 0.3 11.1 357 10 288.6 290.1 286.4 313.0 8.68 3 900 1044 12.2 8.5 78 3.7 10.1 319 16 294.1 295.5 287.6 316.5 7.76 4 850 1520 9.0 7.3 89 1.7 8.0 289 14 295.6 297.0 287.9 317.5 7.56 5 800 2019 5.4 4.4 93 1.0 4.8 276 19 296.9 298.1 287.5 316.1 6.54 6 750 2544 4.1 -5.0 52 9.1 0.0 287 22 301.0 301.7 285.9 311.7 3.52 7 700 3105 2.9 -15.3 25 18.1 -3.6 288 27 305.7 306.0 285.7 311.0 1.66 8 650 3700 -0.2 -23.2 16 23.0 -7.0 286 37 308.8 308.9 285.9 311.8 0.91 9 600 4336 -3.9 -31.4 10 27.5 -10.3 284 45 311.6 311.7 286.5 313.3 0.46 10 550 5016 -8.7 -37.9 7 29.2 -14.2 283 49 313.7 313.8 287.0 314.7 0.27 11 500 5745 -14.6 -35.7 15 21.2 -18.3 282 55 315.3 315.4 287.6 316.6 0.36 12 450 6533 -20.5 -38.5 18 18.0 -23.1 281 60 317.5 317.5 288.3 318.6 0.30 13 400 7393 -26.5 -42.7 20 16.3 -28.3 277 71 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.4 0.22 14 350 8343 -33.9 -44.5 33 10.6 -34.8 276 83 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.8 0.21 15 300 9404 -42.0 -53.4 28 11.4 -42.6 277 89 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.09 16 250 10619 -48.8 -67.5 10 18.8 -49.2 277 96 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.02 17 200 12059 -55.0 -73.0 9 18.0 -55.3 280 87 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 13885 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 279 89 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16393 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 269 61 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.22 m Freezing level: 652.98 mb = 3664.94 m = 12023.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.73 mb = 2547.17 m = 8356.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.85 % Est. max temperature: 21.14 C = 70.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.65 mb = 522.79 m = 1715.16 ft T: 11.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 6.52 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1597.99 m = 5242.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.78 C = 69.40 F Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lifted Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.73 C Showalter Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 12.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 170.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8751.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.38 mb = 1049.31 m = 3442.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.9 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 315.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.2 neg: -23.5 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 15.51 m/s