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: 42.84,-83.79 Latitude: 42.84 Longitude: -83.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -57 SFC 962 271 16.8 16.1 96 0.6 16.4 190 20 293.2 295.3 291.0 327.6 12.08 2 950 378 16.1 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 191 28 293.5 295.6 291.0 327.5 11.91 3 900 837 13.5 13.4 100 0.1 13.4 204 46 295.4 297.4 290.7 326.5 10.82 4 850 1316 10.5 10.4 99 0.1 10.4 220 46 297.2 298.9 290.0 324.3 9.35 5 800 1820 8.0 7.9 99 0.1 7.9 215 40 299.7 301.2 290.1 324.4 8.37 6 750 2351 5.3 5.0 97 0.4 5.1 201 45 302.4 303.7 290.0 324.1 7.29 7 700 2912 2.2 1.1 92 1.1 1.7 195 51 305.0 306.1 289.6 323.0 5.94 8 650 3508 -0.6 -4.8 74 4.1 -2.6 193 55 308.2 309.0 289.1 321.1 4.13 9 600 4143 -4.3 -12.8 51 8.6 -7.5 192 51 311.2 311.6 288.3 318.8 2.37 10 550 4824 -8.3 -13.4 67 5.1 -10.2 200 50 314.2 314.7 289.5 322.3 2.48 11 500 5557 -12.1 -15.4 76 3.4 -13.2 193 75 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.9 2.30 12 450 6359 -16.0 -18.5 81 2.5 -16.8 187 74 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.8 1.97 13 400 7234 -22.4 -25.1 79 2.7 -23.0 185 74 325.9 326.2 291.8 330.3 1.25 14 350 8200 -29.5 -32.7 74 3.2 -30.0 188 77 328.9 329.1 292.1 331.5 0.70 15 300 9278 -39.5 -42.8 71 3.3 -39.8 193 83 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.29 16 250 10501 -47.6 -55.5 40 7.9 -48.0 207 105 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.08 17 200 11965 -49.8 -73.3 5 23.5 -50.3 221 69 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13815 -56.2 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 234 47 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16344 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 240 28 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.30 m Freezing level: 661.14 mb = 3374.93 m = 11072.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.32 mb = 3141.15 m = 10305.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.83 % Est. max temperature: 22.65 C = 72.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.08 mb = 350.71 m = 1150.61 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 5.51 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 783.52 m = 2570.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.79 C = 65.83 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.85 mb = 753.72 m = 2472.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.85 mb = 894.26 m = 2933.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 533.85 mb = 5052.83 m = 16577.31 ft B at Equ Level: 88.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.85 mb = 6630.18 m = 21752.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.0 at 52.2 knts Storm direction: 228.0 at 39.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.0 neg: -13.7 tot: 190.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 48.44 m/s