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: 42.91,-84.59 Latitude: 42.91 Longitude: -84.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 977 240 21.5 16.9 75 4.5 18.4 215 14 296.6 298.8 292.4 332.6 12.50 2 950 483 20.1 15.5 75 4.6 17.1 218 27 297.6 299.7 292.2 331.7 11.76 3 900 947 15.9 14.5 92 1.4 15.0 219 33 297.9 300.0 292.2 331.6 11.62 4 850 1430 12.6 11.8 95 0.7 12.1 227 39 299.3 301.2 291.6 329.5 10.31 5 800 1937 9.7 8.4 92 1.3 8.9 232 39 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.2 8.69 6 750 2471 6.7 5.2 90 1.5 5.9 235 36 303.9 305.3 290.6 326.2 7.44 7 700 3035 3.6 1.1 84 2.5 2.3 235 38 306.5 307.6 290.2 324.6 5.92 8 650 3633 0.3 -2.2 83 2.5 -0.9 234 44 309.3 310.3 290.2 324.9 5.02 9 600 4271 -3.4 -9.7 61 6.4 -6.0 240 46 312.2 312.8 289.3 322.0 3.04 10 550 4953 -8.2 -11.8 75 3.7 -9.6 242 48 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.5 2.81 11 500 5686 -13.2 -15.8 81 2.5 -14.1 244 50 316.9 317.3 290.0 324.3 2.23 12 450 6483 -17.4 -19.3 85 1.9 -18.0 235 47 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.6 1.84 13 400 7354 -23.5 -26.0 80 2.5 -24.1 222 46 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.15 14 350 8316 -30.6 -33.6 75 3.0 -31.1 213 57 327.4 327.6 291.6 329.8 0.64 15 300 9391 -39.9 -43.2 70 3.3 -40.2 220 60 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 16 250 10608 -50.4 -53.8 67 3.5 -50.5 236 72 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 17 200 12027 -57.3 -67.3 27 9.9 -57.5 252 84 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 18 150 13855 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 236 53 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16373 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 249 30 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.11 m Freezing level: 645.62 mb = 3689.24 m = 12103.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.24 mb = 3458.47 m = 11346.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.14 C = 77.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.01 mb = 814.07 m = 2670.79 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 8.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.41 mb = 1190.50 m = 3905.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.25 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 446.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.30 mb = 1076.30 m = 3531.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.30 mb = 1417.12 m = 4649.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.30 mb = 10573.82 m = 34690.58 ft B at Equ Level: 443.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.30 mb = 12650.60 m = 41504.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 192.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 9.26 Bulk Shear: 48.20 m/s