MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.24,-83.87 Latitude: 42.24 Longitude: -83.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 975 270 22.0 16.0 69 5.9 18.0 204 8 297.3 299.4 292.2 331.6 11.83 2 950 491 22.5 15.2 63 7.3 17.7 215 25 300.0 302.1 292.7 333.7 11.50 3 900 959 18.3 14.6 79 3.7 15.8 220 31 300.4 302.5 293.0 334.6 11.68 4 850 1446 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 220 32 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.8 11.62 5 800 1956 11.1 10.9 99 0.1 11.0 220 33 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.6 10.31 6 750 2492 7.3 6.4 94 0.9 6.8 225 32 304.5 306.0 291.3 328.7 8.06 7 700 3057 4.2 0.1 75 4.1 2.1 225 34 307.1 308.1 290.0 324.0 5.52 8 650 3657 2.1 -5.1 59 7.2 -1.3 220 37 311.3 312.1 290.0 324.0 4.03 9 600 4299 -2.2 -11.7 48 9.5 -6.0 225 34 313.6 314.1 289.3 322.0 2.61 10 550 4982 -7.8 -11.3 76 3.5 -9.1 237 30 314.9 315.4 290.1 324.4 2.94 11 500 5717 -11.9 -14.0 85 2.0 -12.6 232 39 318.5 319.0 290.9 327.1 2.60 12 450 6514 -17.3 -19.6 82 2.3 -18.0 227 37 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.7 1.80 13 400 7388 -23.0 -25.5 80 2.5 -23.6 234 44 325.0 325.3 291.5 329.2 1.20 14 350 8351 -30.4 -33.4 75 3.0 -30.9 234 56 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.1 0.65 15 300 9427 -39.4 -42.7 71 3.3 -39.7 230 52 329.8 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.29 16 250 10644 -51.0 -54.5 67 3.4 -51.1 242 54 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.09 17 200 12058 -57.4 -69.5 20 12.1 -57.5 264 71 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 18 150 13880 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 240 54 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16392 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 262 36 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.63 m Freezing level: 625.73 mb = 3968.37 m = 13019.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.00 mb = 3423.55 m = 11231.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.06 mb = 1024.53 m = 3361.27 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.81 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1507.63 m = 4946.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.60 C = 78.08 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 35.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.02 mb = 1375.43 m = 4512.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.02 mb = 1934.37 m = 6346.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.02 mb = 11117.14 m = 36473.12 ft B at Equ Level: 645.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.02 mb = 13391.98 m = 43936.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 35.63 Bulk Shear: 18.27 m/s