MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-84.96 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -84.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 971 292 23.7 17.1 67 6.6 19.2 222 10 299.3 301.6 293.4 336.6 12.75 2 950 485 22.3 15.8 67 6.5 17.9 222 17 299.8 302.0 293.0 334.8 11.96 3 900 952 17.8 14.4 80 3.4 15.6 222 23 299.9 302.0 292.7 333.7 11.55 4 850 1438 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 223 26 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.4 11.06 5 800 1946 9.6 9.3 98 0.3 9.5 231 37 301.4 303.1 291.3 328.8 9.25 6 750 2480 6.5 5.6 94 0.9 6.0 234 37 303.7 305.1 290.7 326.6 7.64 7 700 3043 3.3 1.6 89 1.7 2.4 240 39 306.2 307.3 290.2 324.9 6.16 8 650 3641 -0.2 -2.5 85 2.3 -1.3 238 38 308.8 309.7 290.0 324.0 4.91 9 600 4278 -3.3 -5.7 83 2.4 -4.4 237 39 312.3 313.1 290.4 325.5 4.17 10 550 4962 -7.4 -12.9 64 5.6 -9.5 234 43 315.3 315.8 289.9 323.7 2.57 11 500 5696 -12.6 -16.9 70 4.3 -14.0 235 48 317.6 318.0 290.1 324.4 2.03 12 450 6492 -17.8 -20.2 82 2.4 -18.4 235 47 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.7 1.71 13 400 7361 -24.7 -29.1 67 4.4 -25.6 230 48 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.9 0.86 14 350 8320 -30.6 -34.0 72 3.4 -31.1 231 57 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.7 0.62 15 300 9393 -40.7 -45.2 62 4.5 -41.0 240 68 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.23 16 250 10603 -51.5 -56.3 56 4.8 -51.6 244 82 329.5 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.07 17 200 12029 -55.3 -71.5 12 16.1 -55.6 246 58 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.01 18 150 13857 -57.1 -82.2 3 25.1 -57.4 241 56 371.7 371.7 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16375 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.4 -63.9 250 40 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.15 m Freezing level: 652.60 mb = 3609.73 m = 11842.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.71 mb = 3424.14 m = 11233.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.25 mb = 1121.85 m = 3680.57 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1354.82 m = 4444.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 37.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1001.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.61 mb = 1332.93 m = 4373.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.61 mb = 1382.47 m = 4535.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.61 mb = 11259.40 m = 36939.85 ft B at Equ Level: 978.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.61 mb = 13623.31 m = 44695.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.5 neg: -2.5 tot: 161.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 18.26 Bulk Shear: 54.83 m/s