MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-82.77 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -82.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 985 184 24.4 15.5 58 8.9 18.5 181 12 298.9 300.9 292.3 332.0 11.34 2 950 497 22.8 14.3 59 8.5 17.2 194 23 300.3 302.3 292.3 332.1 10.83 3 900 965 18.8 12.9 68 5.9 15.0 208 29 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.7 10.45 4 850 1452 14.2 12.2 88 2.0 12.9 214 30 301.0 302.9 292.3 332.1 10.55 5 800 1961 10.4 6.4 77 3.9 8.1 232 33 302.2 303.6 290.2 324.7 7.57 6 750 2496 8.1 -2.7 47 10.7 2.8 243 34 305.3 306.1 288.2 318.2 4.19 7 700 3063 5.2 -0.2 68 5.4 2.4 247 33 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.8 5.37 8 650 3664 1.4 -2.5 76 3.8 -0.5 240 36 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.9 4.92 9 600 4303 -2.8 -8.6 64 5.8 -5.3 239 40 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.5 3.32 10 550 4988 -6.5 -23.1 25 16.6 -11.2 243 42 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.1 1.09 11 500 5725 -11.2 -32.3 16 21.0 -15.7 246 42 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.51 12 450 6524 -16.8 -33.6 22 16.8 -20.0 245 41 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.9 0.50 13 400 7397 -23.4 -30.0 55 6.6 -24.6 250 43 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.4 0.79 14 350 8356 -31.8 -34.9 74 3.1 -32.2 255 49 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.9 0.56 15 300 9432 -39.1 -42.2 72 3.1 -39.4 243 50 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.31 16 250 10650 -50.8 -54.3 66 3.5 -50.9 245 68 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 17 200 12074 -55.9 -70.0 16 14.1 -56.1 258 61 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.02 18 150 13895 -58.6 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.8 245 59 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16403 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.3 -64.5 263 36 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.41 m Freezing level: 633.53 mb = 3874.26 m = 12710.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.84 mb = 3554.15 m = 11660.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.58 mb = 1307.34 m = 4289.14 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 13.88 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1750.80 m = 5744.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 276.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.91 mb = 1582.65 m = 5192.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.91 mb = 1941.25 m = 6368.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.91 mb = 2257.26 m = 7405.63 ft B at Equ Level: 7.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.91 mb = 12013.32 m = 39413.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 241.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 3.45 Bulk Shear: 80.22 m/s