MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.03,-83.69 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -83.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 975 215 18.5 17.3 93 1.2 17.8 172 15 293.8 296.1 291.9 330.6 12.88 2 950 436 18.0 16.7 92 1.2 17.1 183 30 295.4 297.7 292.2 331.9 12.71 3 900 899 16.4 14.6 89 1.9 15.2 204 52 298.4 300.6 292.4 332.4 11.67 4 850 1384 12.8 12.3 97 0.5 12.4 216 55 299.5 301.5 291.9 330.6 10.62 5 800 1892 11.0 7.6 80 3.4 9.0 220 48 302.9 304.4 291.0 327.5 8.23 6 750 2428 7.6 5.0 83 2.6 6.1 217 46 304.8 306.2 290.8 326.9 7.31 7 700 2993 4.0 2.0 87 2.0 2.9 209 48 306.9 308.1 290.6 326.2 6.33 8 650 3592 0.2 -0.9 92 1.1 -0.3 205 50 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.3 5.54 9 600 4231 -2.8 -4.9 85 2.1 -3.8 202 62 312.9 313.8 290.9 326.9 4.44 10 550 4915 -7.4 -8.9 89 1.5 -8.1 205 63 315.3 316.0 290.7 326.7 3.53 11 500 5652 -11.4 -16.2 67 4.8 -13.0 213 58 319.2 319.6 290.7 326.4 2.16 12 450 6450 -17.4 -21.9 68 4.4 -18.6 215 58 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.4 1.48 13 400 7321 -23.9 -27.5 72 3.7 -24.6 215 57 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.5 1.00 14 350 8281 -30.7 -35.0 66 4.3 -31.3 214 55 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.4 0.56 15 300 9354 -40.4 -48.4 42 8.0 -40.9 220 57 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.16 16 250 10567 -49.7 -58.2 36 8.6 -49.9 221 59 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.06 17 200 12003 -54.5 -64.3 29 9.9 -54.7 227 71 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 13835 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 243 49 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16362 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 236 33 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.38 m Freezing level: 646.21 mb = 3640.60 m = 11944.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.15 mb = 3528.42 m = 11576.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.65 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.11 mb = 363.29 m = 1191.88 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.21 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1118.89 m = 3670.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.62 C = 74.51 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 393.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.20 mb = 859.15 m = 2818.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.20 mb = 1391.43 m = 4565.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.20 mb = 1490.77 m = 4890.91 ft B at Equ Level: 17.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.20 mb = 12028.12 m = 39461.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.6 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 238.6 at 39.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.7 neg: -37.5 tot: 391.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.09 Bulk Shear: 96.18 m/s