MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-82.72 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -82.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -29 SFC 976 184 19.3 16.6 84 2.7 17.5 167 21 294.6 296.8 291.6 329.7 12.29 2 950 412 18.5 16.0 85 2.5 16.9 173 37 296.0 298.2 292.0 331.0 12.14 3 900 875 16.4 14.3 87 2.2 15.0 192 53 298.4 300.5 292.2 331.7 11.44 4 850 1360 13.7 11.0 84 2.7 12.0 208 58 300.5 302.3 291.5 329.2 9.76 5 800 1869 10.6 8.6 87 2.0 9.3 199 58 302.4 304.0 291.3 328.5 8.77 6 750 2404 7.0 5.1 88 1.9 5.9 197 58 304.2 305.6 290.7 326.4 7.39 7 700 2968 3.3 0.3 81 3.0 1.8 195 61 306.2 307.2 289.8 323.3 5.60 8 650 3567 1.8 -3.2 69 5.0 -0.6 197 63 311.0 311.9 290.5 325.6 4.64 9 600 4209 -2.2 -5.9 76 3.7 -3.9 195 67 313.6 314.4 290.7 326.7 4.12 10 550 4895 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.8 192 68 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.1 3.41 11 500 5632 -11.7 -14.3 81 2.6 -12.6 200 67 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.2 2.53 12 450 6434 -15.6 -18.4 79 2.8 -16.5 204 65 323.6 324.0 291.8 330.4 1.99 13 400 7313 -21.0 -25.1 70 4.1 -22.0 208 62 327.7 327.9 292.3 332.1 1.25 14 350 8284 -28.3 -36.0 48 7.6 -29.5 211 63 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.4 0.51 15 300 9368 -38.0 -46.3 42 8.3 -38.7 215 65 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.20 16 250 10591 -49.8 -54.0 61 4.2 -50.0 226 78 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 17 200 12032 -52.1 -69.6 10 17.5 -52.4 235 66 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 13865 -60.0 -80.4 5 20.4 -60.2 219 47 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16371 -62.2 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.4 241 31 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.26 m Freezing level: 627.32 mb = 3858.37 m = 12658.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.00 mb = 3407.15 m = 11178.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.48 mb = 525.67 m = 1724.63 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.37 mb = 1346.63 m = 4418.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 33.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.49 mb = 946.12 m = 3104.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.49 mb = 2105.79 m = 6908.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 657.49 mb = 3474.73 m = 11399.91 ft B at Equ Level: 48.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 357.49 mb = 8129.90 m = 26672.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.2 at 60.1 knts Storm direction: 226.2 at 45.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 445.4 neg: -50.0 tot: 395.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 111.79 m/s