MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.14,-83.77 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -83.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -28 SFC 969 241 17.4 16.7 96 0.6 17.0 162 19 293.1 295.4 291.3 328.6 12.46 2 950 411 16.5 16.3 98 0.2 16.4 170 31 294.0 296.2 291.5 329.3 12.36 3 900 871 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 187 55 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.7 11.74 4 850 1354 12.5 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 196 69 299.2 301.1 291.8 330.3 10.64 5 800 1861 9.8 9.4 97 0.4 9.6 206 69 301.6 303.3 291.5 329.1 9.29 6 750 2395 6.6 6.2 97 0.4 6.3 202 65 303.7 305.2 291.0 327.6 7.96 7 700 2960 3.6 3.2 97 0.4 3.4 199 61 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.5 6.92 8 650 3557 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.2 197 58 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.75 9 600 4196 -3.2 -3.7 96 0.5 -3.4 197 61 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.6 4.85 10 550 4880 -7.0 -7.9 93 0.9 -7.4 197 64 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.0 3.83 11 500 5617 -11.3 -12.6 90 1.3 -11.8 203 63 319.3 319.9 291.4 328.9 2.91 12 450 6419 -16.0 -17.7 87 1.7 -16.6 209 58 323.1 323.5 291.8 330.3 2.12 13 400 7296 -22.1 -24.2 82 2.2 -22.6 211 52 326.3 326.6 292.0 331.0 1.35 14 350 8262 -29.7 -32.5 77 2.8 -30.1 212 50 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.3 0.71 15 300 9342 -38.7 -41.9 72 3.2 -39.0 213 59 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.32 16 250 10563 -50.2 -53.8 66 3.6 -50.4 222 80 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 11999 -52.6 -74.9 5 22.3 -52.9 235 79 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13845 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 242 46 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16366 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 235 31 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.58 m Freezing level: 650.82 mb = 3547.66 m = 11639.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.95 mb = 3520.91 m = 11551.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.57 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.21 mb = 319.18 m = 1047.18 ft T: 16.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 4.11 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 830.33 m = 2724.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.72 C = 69.30 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.07 mb = 729.54 m = 2393.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.07 mb = 1756.54 m = 5762.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.07 mb = 5770.21 m = 18930.89 ft B at Equ Level: 108.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 330.07 mb = 8673.05 m = 28454.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.2 at 60.3 knts Storm direction: 228.2 at 45.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 11.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 663.4 neg: -106.4 tot: 557.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 131.99 m/s