MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 44.59,-83.73 Latitude: 44.59 Longitude: -83.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 970 285 9.3 6.7 84 2.6 7.9 295 18 284.9 286.0 282.4 302.6 6.34 2 950 457 7.8 6.2 89 1.6 7.0 299 33 285.1 286.2 282.4 302.6 6.26 3 900 900 5.0 4.2 95 0.8 4.6 312 49 286.6 287.6 282.5 302.8 5.74 4 850 1365 3.4 2.2 92 1.1 2.8 331 48 289.7 290.6 283.3 304.8 5.29 5 800 1855 0.8 -0.3 93 1.0 0.3 335 45 292.0 292.8 283.6 305.6 4.69 6 750 2372 -1.0 -3.0 86 2.1 -1.9 336 43 295.5 296.3 284.4 307.6 4.08 7 700 2920 -3.1 -5.8 82 2.7 -4.3 334 41 299.0 299.7 285.2 309.7 3.54 8 650 3504 -6.0 -9.3 77 3.4 -7.2 332 40 302.2 302.8 285.7 311.2 2.90 9 600 4127 -9.5 -12.4 80 2.8 -10.5 333 40 305.1 305.5 286.4 312.8 2.46 10 550 4794 -13.3 -14.9 88 1.6 -13.7 334 36 308.4 308.8 287.2 315.4 2.19 11 500 5513 -17.9 -18.7 94 0.7 -18.1 330 35 311.2 311.5 287.7 316.9 1.75 12 450 6292 -23.3 -26.2 77 2.9 -23.9 326 42 313.9 314.1 287.9 317.3 1.00 13 400 7144 -29.0 -35.0 56 6.0 -29.9 315 49 317.3 317.3 288.4 319.0 0.49 14 350 8082 -36.8 -42.4 56 5.6 -37.3 319 51 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.0 0.26 15 300 9132 -42.8 -55.9 22 13.1 -43.4 324 50 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.07 16 250 10355 -45.0 -69.5 5 24.6 -45.6 320 36 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.01 17 200 11839 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 294 19 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13723 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 277 17 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16312 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.9 260 17 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5481.76 m Freezing level: 778.08 mb = 2081.51 m = 6829.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.98 mb = 1915.33 m = 6283.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.62 % Est. max temperature: 15.35 C = 59.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.26 mb = 611.18 m = 2005.17 ft T: 6.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 969.9- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1093.08 m = 3586.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.23 C = 54.02 F Cap Strength: 7.99 C Lifted Index: 8.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.65 C Showalter Index: 7.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 20.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14788.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.73 mb = 893.31 m = 2930.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.3 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 359.3 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 371.5 neg: -20.3 tot: 351.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 42.72 m/s