MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-83.95 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -83.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 974 277 10.4 4.0 65 6.4 7.2 185 12 285.6 286.6 281.5 300.4 5.23 2 950 488 9.8 2.9 62 6.9 6.3 199 26 287.1 288.0 281.8 301.2 4.95 3 900 938 10.1 -0.2 49 10.3 5.1 230 47 291.9 292.6 283.0 304.1 4.19 4 850 1411 7.0 -1.0 57 8.0 3.2 246 40 293.5 294.2 283.7 305.8 4.19 5 800 1905 3.5 -4.1 57 7.6 0.1 231 29 294.9 295.5 283.5 305.3 3.52 6 750 2426 0.7 -11.9 38 12.7 -3.8 207 33 297.4 297.7 282.8 303.6 2.04 7 700 2975 -2.6 -4.6 86 2.0 -3.4 211 40 299.6 300.3 285.8 311.4 3.89 8 650 3562 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -4.9 215 45 303.6 304.3 287.4 315.9 4.04 9 600 4187 -8.6 -10.6 85 2.0 -9.4 221 54 306.2 306.7 287.1 315.0 2.83 10 550 4857 -12.9 -16.0 77 3.1 -13.9 235 57 308.8 309.2 287.2 315.2 1.99 11 500 5574 -19.4 -19.7 98 0.3 -19.5 234 50 309.4 309.7 286.9 314.6 1.60 12 450 6352 -22.3 -34.4 33 12.1 -24.2 233 74 315.2 315.3 287.7 316.9 0.46 13 400 7209 -27.5 -38.9 33 11.5 -28.9 232 90 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.5 0.33 14 350 8153 -35.3 -48.0 26 12.7 -36.2 235 91 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.7 0.14 15 300 9207 -44.1 -53.2 36 9.1 -44.5 240 93 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.09 16 250 10408 -50.6 -65.3 16 14.7 -50.9 244 83 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.02 17 200 11849 -53.4 -74.9 6 21.5 -53.7 240 70 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13707 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 246 35 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16274 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 217 29 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.55 m Freezing level: 738.94 mb = 2547.54 m = 8357.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 798.28 mb = 1922.50 m = 6307.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.94 % Est. max temperature: 18.87 C = 65.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.39 mb = 1082.91 m = 3552.83 ft T: 9.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 2.16 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.91 mb = 2931.04 m = 9616.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.09 C = 75.37 F Cap Strength: 8.50 C Lifted Index: 7.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.31 C Showalter Index: 5.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 23.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13910.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.89 mb = 1784.83 m = 5855.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.9 neg: -33.5 tot: 354.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 63.54 m/s