MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.16,-83.66 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -83.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -38 SFC 969 228 17.1 16.4 96 0.6 16.7 195 17 292.8 295.0 291.0 327.5 12.20 2 950 400 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.9 198 27 293.4 295.5 291.0 327.5 11.98 3 900 858 13.3 13.3 100 0.1 13.3 211 45 295.2 297.2 290.6 326.0 10.70 4 850 1337 10.2 10.1 99 0.2 10.2 226 47 296.9 298.5 289.8 323.4 9.15 5 800 1840 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 227 39 299.2 300.7 289.6 322.8 8.03 6 750 2370 5.0 4.4 96 0.6 4.6 210 42 302.0 303.3 289.6 322.9 7.00 7 700 2931 1.9 0.5 90 1.5 1.2 199 49 304.6 305.7 289.3 321.8 5.66 8 650 3526 -1.0 -7.7 60 6.8 -3.8 197 53 307.9 308.5 288.2 318.2 3.28 9 600 4160 -4.7 -10.5 64 5.8 -7.0 201 51 310.7 311.3 288.7 319.9 2.87 10 550 4840 -8.6 -13.6 67 5.0 -10.4 203 61 313.8 314.3 289.3 321.7 2.43 11 500 5573 -11.9 -16.7 68 4.8 -13.5 194 74 318.5 318.9 290.4 325.4 2.07 12 450 6370 -16.9 -19.6 80 2.7 -17.7 192 74 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.0 1.79 13 400 7246 -22.1 -24.3 82 2.2 -22.7 188 74 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.0 1.33 14 350 8213 -29.3 -32.1 77 2.8 -29.8 192 77 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.9 0.74 15 300 9293 -38.3 -41.5 72 3.2 -38.6 199 86 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 16 250 10518 -48.0 -53.3 54 5.3 -48.2 209 108 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 11983 -49.7 -74.7 4 25.1 -50.1 224 66 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13831 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.2 222 52 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16356 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.0 245 26 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.23 m Freezing level: 666.50 mb = 3329.27 m = 10922.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.18 mb = 3067.48 m = 10063.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.97 % Est. max temperature: 22.51 C = 72.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.33 mb = 307.67 m = 1009.40 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 4.70 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.26 mb = 724.92 m = 2378.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.95 C = 66.11 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 130.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.62 mb = 703.04 m = 2306.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.62 mb = 842.94 m = 2765.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.62 mb = 5101.00 m = 16735.36 ft B at Equ Level: 130.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 401.62 mb = 7216.03 m = 23674.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.3 at 51.9 knts Storm direction: 233.3 at 38.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 4.2 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.6 neg: -9.7 tot: 190.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 1.99 Bulk Shear: 65.58 m/s