MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F006.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KDTW ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: KDTW Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -83.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 986 194 12.5 7.8 73 4.8 9.9 178 9 286.8 288.0 283.7 305.7 6.73 2 950 512 17.5 5.7 46 11.8 10.9 212 32 294.9 296.0 286.2 312.5 6.03 3 900 973 16.0 10.0 67 6.0 12.4 231 25 298.0 299.6 289.7 323.1 8.60 4 850 1458 13.7 8.9 73 4.8 10.8 241 22 300.5 302.0 290.4 325.4 8.43 5 800 1966 10.0 6.9 81 3.0 8.2 239 20 301.8 303.2 290.3 325.0 7.83 6 750 2499 7.1 -1.6 54 8.7 2.8 229 31 304.3 305.2 288.2 318.2 4.55 7 700 3065 5.1 -4.3 51 9.4 0.7 229 38 308.1 308.9 288.9 320.5 3.98 8 650 3666 1.8 -8.6 46 10.4 -2.7 229 38 311.0 311.6 289.0 320.8 3.08 9 600 4306 -2.4 -12.4 46 10.0 -6.2 233 34 313.4 313.8 289.2 321.3 2.46 10 550 4991 -7.1 -18.4 40 11.3 -10.8 245 34 315.7 316.0 289.1 321.1 1.63 11 500 5726 -11.9 -24.5 34 12.6 -15.2 254 33 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.2 1.05 12 450 6524 -17.3 -26.7 44 9.4 -19.5 261 32 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.8 0.96 13 400 7395 -23.4 -32.3 44 8.9 -25.0 256 31 324.6 324.7 290.8 326.9 0.63 14 350 8358 -30.1 -42.5 29 12.5 -31.4 250 33 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.26 15 300 9436 -38.8 -47.5 40 8.6 -39.5 247 37 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.18 16 250 10662 -48.1 -58.7 29 10.5 -48.4 255 41 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.06 17 200 12105 -54.1 -70.7 11 16.6 -54.4 239 43 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13935 -58.4 -85.4 2 27.1 -58.6 238 37 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16418 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 252 38 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.35 m Freezing level: 628.63 mb = 3939.26 m = 12923.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.05 mb = 3180.75 m = 10435.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.16 mb = 802.83 m = 2633.93 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 7.18 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.95 mb = 3432.75 m = 11262.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lifted Index: 7.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.61 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 25.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9552.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.13 mb = 1676.19 m = 5499.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.4 neg: -11.6 tot: 216.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 25.85 m/s