MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-83.77 Latitude: 42.21 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 46 SFC 977 252 24.7 14.2 52 10.5 17.8 219 12 299.9 301.8 291.9 330.7 10.50 2 950 494 23.3 13.1 53 10.2 16.7 221 23 300.8 302.6 291.8 330.3 10.00 3 900 962 18.9 12.2 65 6.7 14.6 221 28 301.0 302.8 291.7 330.2 9.93 4 850 1450 14.2 11.1 81 3.2 12.3 220 29 301.1 302.9 291.7 330.0 9.80 5 800 1958 10.3 8.6 89 1.7 9.3 231 32 302.2 303.8 291.2 328.3 8.81 6 750 2493 7.0 6.6 98 0.4 6.8 235 31 304.1 305.7 291.3 328.7 8.18 7 700 3058 3.7 3.1 96 0.6 3.4 240 31 306.6 307.9 291.0 327.4 6.85 8 650 3656 0.0 -0.9 94 0.9 -0.4 234 30 309.0 310.0 290.6 326.1 5.54 9 600 4293 -3.6 -5.2 89 1.6 -4.3 228 38 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.7 4.34 10 550 4977 -7.3 -13.4 61 6.2 -9.5 227 46 315.5 315.9 289.8 323.5 2.46 11 500 5713 -11.8 -20.3 49 8.5 -14.3 229 51 318.6 318.9 289.9 323.8 1.52 12 450 6510 -17.5 -30.6 31 13.1 -20.1 229 50 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.7 0.67 13 400 7381 -23.6 -31.1 50 7.5 -25.0 226 46 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.8 0.71 14 350 8342 -31.0 -34.2 73 3.2 -31.5 231 47 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.60 15 300 9418 -39.0 -42.3 71 3.3 -39.3 230 48 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10637 -50.4 -54.0 66 3.6 -50.5 239 59 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.10 17 200 12058 -56.5 -66.8 26 10.3 -56.7 260 73 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 13881 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 241 58 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16391 -64.0 -86.7 3 22.8 -64.1 257 32 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.44 m Freezing level: 649.63 mb = 3660.85 m = 12010.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.89 mb = 3583.27 m = 11756.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.10 mb = 1577.91 m = 5176.80 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 5.14 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.93 mb = 1927.73 m = 6324.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.45 mb = 1767.07 m = 5797.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.45 mb = 2238.16 m = 7342.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.45 mb = 8679.87 m = 28476.93 ft B at Equ Level: 185.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.45 mb = 11352.15 m = 37244.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.9 neg: -1.8 tot: 101.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 6.25 Bulk Shear: 29.79 m/s