MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 42.35,-83.74 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -83.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 985 268 20.0 19.6 97 0.4 19.7 344 6 294.4 297.1 293.4 336.4 14.70 2 950 576 17.9 17.2 96 0.7 17.5 332 10 295.4 297.8 292.6 333.1 13.14 3 900 1038 15.8 13.5 86 2.3 14.3 256 25 297.8 299.8 291.5 329.3 10.86 4 850 1524 14.7 12.8 88 1.9 13.5 224 36 301.6 303.6 292.8 334.0 10.99 5 800 2035 11.5 10.1 91 1.3 10.6 220 39 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.5 9.78 6 750 2572 8.1 7.3 95 0.8 7.6 222 46 305.4 307.0 292.0 331.2 8.58 7 700 3139 4.9 3.8 93 1.1 4.3 231 56 307.9 309.3 291.7 330.0 7.21 8 650 3741 1.1 0.2 94 0.9 0.7 236 59 310.2 311.3 291.4 328.8 6.00 9 600 4381 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.3 239 59 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.3 5.31 10 550 5069 -5.3 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.4 251 54 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.6 4.57 11 500 5813 -9.0 -9.6 95 0.7 -9.2 258 47 322.1 322.8 292.9 334.3 3.69 12 450 6622 -13.4 -15.3 86 1.9 -14.1 259 38 326.3 326.9 293.1 335.1 2.58 13 400 7509 -19.2 -21.8 79 2.7 -19.9 246 35 330.1 330.4 293.3 335.9 1.67 14 350 8487 -26.5 -29.4 77 2.9 -27.1 232 39 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.6 0.96 15 300 9581 -35.4 -38.5 73 3.1 -35.8 224 43 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.2 0.46 16 250 10823 -45.2 -48.7 68 3.4 -45.4 219 48 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.18 17 200 12274 -56.2 -60.0 62 3.8 -56.3 214 60 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14066 -62.7 -77.6 12 14.9 -62.9 233 55 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16568 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 280 21 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.84 m Freezing level: 633.32 mb = 3954.05 m = 12972.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.88 mb = 3878.51 m = 12724.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.01 mb = 317.62 m = 1042.03 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1529.80 m = 5018.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.88 mb = 879.28 m = 2884.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.88 mb = 2773.18 m = 9098.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 561.88 mb = 4900.04 m = 16076.04 ft B at Equ Level: 51.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 461.88 mb = 6421.99 m = 21069.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 44.6 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 33.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 7.8 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.1 neg: -53.8 tot: 215.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 264.71 m/s