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: 42.46,-83.98 Latitude: 42.46 Longitude: -83.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 965 288 18.1 17.5 96 0.6 17.7 166 16 294.2 296.5 292.2 331.6 13.11 2 950 424 17.3 17.2 100 0.1 17.3 171 24 294.8 297.1 292.4 332.4 13.15 3 900 886 15.3 15.2 99 0.2 15.2 193 47 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.4 12.12 4 850 1370 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.6 209 56 299.5 301.4 292.0 331.1 10.82 5 800 1877 10.8 7.7 81 3.1 8.9 218 50 302.6 304.1 290.9 327.2 8.25 6 750 2413 8.2 3.7 73 4.5 5.7 219 52 305.5 306.8 290.5 325.8 6.69 7 700 2980 4.3 1.2 80 3.2 2.7 217 52 307.3 308.4 290.5 325.5 5.96 8 650 3579 0.3 -1.0 91 1.3 -0.4 210 52 309.3 310.3 290.6 326.2 5.48 9 600 4217 -3.4 -4.6 91 1.2 -4.0 203 61 312.2 313.0 290.7 326.5 4.54 10 550 4900 -7.4 -8.7 90 1.3 -8.0 209 66 315.3 315.9 290.8 326.8 3.59 11 500 5636 -11.6 -13.3 87 1.7 -12.2 209 62 318.9 319.4 291.1 327.9 2.74 12 450 6436 -17.3 -17.9 94 0.7 -17.5 207 60 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.5 2.07 13 400 7307 -23.6 -27.5 70 3.9 -24.4 212 57 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.9 1.00 14 350 8268 -30.9 -37.4 52 6.6 -31.7 214 58 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.8 0.44 15 300 9340 -40.8 -46.2 56 5.5 -41.1 217 62 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.20 16 250 10550 -50.0 -57.4 41 7.4 -50.3 212 61 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 17 200 11984 -55.1 -61.3 46 6.2 -55.3 225 68 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 18 150 13821 -57.7 -81.2 3 23.5 -58.0 241 50 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16354 -60.8 -86.1 2 25.3 -61.0 235 31 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.36 m Freezing level: 646.25 mb = 3626.65 m = 11898.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.41 mb = 3499.54 m = 11481.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.45 C = 77.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.77 mb = 363.73 m = 1193.32 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 6.86 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 826.70 m = 2712.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.83 C = 69.50 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.38 mb = 769.17 m = 2523.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.38 mb = 1101.20 m = 3612.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.38 mb = 1697.19 m = 5568.13 ft B at Equ Level: 21.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.38 mb = 12400.51 m = 40683.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 54.6 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.4 neg: -18.2 tot: 471.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 136.96 m/s