MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.61,-82.18 Latitude: 42.61 Longitude: -82.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 982 188 19.3 16.9 86 2.3 17.7 178 9 294.0 296.2 291.6 329.6 12.46 2 950 469 19.0 15.9 82 3.1 17.0 197 26 296.4 298.6 292.0 331.2 12.05 3 900 932 15.8 15.0 95 0.8 15.3 200 22 297.8 300.0 292.4 332.7 12.01 4 850 1417 13.6 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 191 32 300.4 302.5 292.8 334.0 11.47 5 800 1926 10.9 10.7 99 0.1 10.8 198 44 302.7 304.6 292.5 332.9 10.17 6 750 2462 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 195 46 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.0 8.71 7 700 3028 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.7 187 42 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.4 7.02 8 650 3628 1.0 -2.4 78 3.3 -0.7 189 46 310.0 311.0 290.4 325.5 4.94 9 600 4268 -1.7 -11.5 47 9.8 -5.6 201 57 314.2 314.7 289.6 322.8 2.65 10 550 4955 -6.8 -15.1 52 8.3 -9.8 205 62 316.0 316.4 289.7 323.1 2.15 11 500 5689 -12.5 -15.8 76 3.3 -13.6 206 63 317.8 318.2 290.3 325.2 2.23 12 450 6489 -16.1 -17.6 89 1.4 -16.6 209 59 322.9 323.4 291.7 330.2 2.14 13 400 7367 -21.6 -24.4 78 2.8 -22.3 219 53 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.5 1.32 14 350 8336 -29.1 -33.0 69 3.9 -29.7 228 50 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.0 0.68 15 300 9417 -38.5 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.8 230 51 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.4 0.32 16 250 10638 -50.3 -53.9 66 3.6 -50.5 227 52 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 17 200 12061 -54.6 -70.8 12 16.2 -54.9 253 60 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 13882 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.2 242 47 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16389 -63.1 -85.6 3 22.5 -63.3 238 29 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.22 m Freezing level: 631.81 mb = 3860.66 m = 12666.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.78 mb = 3531.59 m = 11586.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.23 mb = 484.71 m = 1590.25 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 11.22 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1189.67 m = 3903.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.45 C = 76.00 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.20 mb = 891.96 m = 2926.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.20 mb = 2361.14 m = 7746.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.20 mb = 6841.92 m = 22446.97 ft B at Equ Level: 143.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.20 mb = 11192.36 m = 36719.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.8 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 228.8 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.2 neg: -58.4 tot: 156.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 87.08 m/s