MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-84.84 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -84.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 973 299 19.1 11.6 62 7.4 14.5 198 11 294.5 296.1 288.7 320.0 8.86 2 950 505 16.8 11.9 73 4.9 13.8 208 19 294.3 295.9 289.0 320.8 9.25 3 900 969 18.0 12.3 69 5.7 14.4 235 26 300.1 301.9 291.6 329.6 10.04 4 850 1455 13.8 11.0 83 2.8 12.1 227 26 300.6 302.4 291.5 329.3 9.74 5 800 1963 9.8 9.0 95 0.8 9.3 226 26 301.6 303.3 291.3 328.4 9.06 6 750 2497 6.6 4.2 84 2.5 5.3 229 28 303.8 305.1 290.1 324.5 6.89 7 700 3062 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.7 244 30 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.4 7.04 8 650 3661 0.3 -0.9 92 1.1 -0.3 240 34 309.3 310.3 290.7 326.4 5.53 9 600 4300 -2.8 -6.2 77 3.4 -4.4 240 34 312.9 313.6 290.5 325.6 4.01 10 550 4984 -6.9 -15.2 52 8.3 -9.9 238 36 315.8 316.3 289.6 322.9 2.13 11 500 5720 -11.4 -26.9 26 15.5 -15.3 238 38 319.1 319.3 289.4 322.1 0.84 12 450 6520 -17.0 -31.7 27 14.7 -20.0 238 41 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.60 13 400 7391 -23.3 -34.0 37 10.7 -25.1 238 43 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.54 14 350 8353 -30.7 -38.0 49 7.3 -31.6 243 45 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.41 15 300 9427 -39.9 -43.3 69 3.5 -40.1 245 48 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 16 250 10643 -50.5 -54.3 63 3.9 -50.6 246 49 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.10 17 200 12071 -54.7 -69.8 14 15.1 -54.9 246 54 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13901 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 241 47 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16402 -66.4 -86.5 4 20.1 -66.5 251 39 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.94 m Freezing level: 645.67 mb = 3716.16 m = 12191.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.07 mb = 3610.27 m = 11844.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.69 C = 78.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.43 mb = 1243.44 m = 4079.46 ft T: 15.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 5.07 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 1953.17 m = 6407.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 2.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 35.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6776.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.51 mb = 1450.28 m = 4758.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.6 neg: -5.2 tot: 119.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 31.00 m/s