MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 43.09,-84.36 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -84.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 981 218 10.4 8.6 89 1.8 9.4 294 10 285.1 286.3 283.4 305.0 7.14 2 950 483 9.7 5.5 75 4.1 7.5 310 24 287.0 288.0 282.9 303.8 5.97 3 900 930 6.2 3.3 82 2.9 4.7 320 30 287.9 288.8 282.7 303.1 5.39 4 850 1395 3.6 -7.0 46 10.6 -0.6 333 30 289.9 290.3 280.3 297.7 2.65 5 800 1885 0.7 -1.8 84 2.5 -0.4 327 24 291.9 292.6 283.0 304.1 4.19 6 750 2402 -1.1 -1.9 94 0.9 -1.4 333 19 295.4 296.2 284.8 308.5 4.43 7 700 2949 -3.9 -5.1 92 1.1 -4.4 321 12 298.1 298.8 285.1 309.4 3.75 8 650 3531 -6.7 -8.1 90 1.4 -7.2 280 12 301.4 302.0 285.8 311.2 3.19 9 600 4153 -9.8 -11.4 88 1.7 -10.4 259 14 304.8 305.3 286.4 313.1 2.65 10 550 4820 -13.7 -15.9 84 2.2 -14.4 251 16 307.8 308.2 286.8 314.3 2.01 11 500 5536 -18.9 -22.3 74 3.4 -19.7 230 15 310.1 310.3 286.8 314.3 1.28 12 450 6313 -24.8 -28.1 74 3.3 -25.4 206 23 312.0 312.2 287.1 314.9 0.84 13 400 7155 -32.5 -35.7 73 3.2 -32.9 186 31 312.7 312.8 286.9 314.3 0.46 14 350 8080 -39.3 -47.8 40 8.4 -39.8 189 33 315.7 315.7 287.5 316.3 0.15 15 300 9128 -41.6 -61.8 9 20.2 -42.3 190 36 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.03 16 250 10363 -41.9 -68.7 4 26.7 -42.8 198 33 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.01 17 200 11863 -45.4 -76.2 2 30.8 -46.2 213 25 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 18 150 13757 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 217 33 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16343 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 251 24 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5480.14 m Freezing level: 780.60 mb = 2085.19 m = 6841.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.86 mb = 1339.15 m = 4393.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.13 % Est. max temperature: 15.87 C = 60.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.34 mb = 445.32 m = 1461.00 ft T: 9.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.70 mb = 1436.00 m = 4711.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.29 C = 59.53 F Cap Strength: 7.18 C Lifted Index: 7.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.57 C Showalter Index: 11.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 11.81 C K Index: 14.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14371.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.35 mb = 1090.87 m = 3578.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.7 neg: -6.9 tot: 75.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 4.63 m/s