MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-83.33 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 78 SFC 986 194 17.3 8.3 55 9.1 12.1 186 10 291.6 292.9 285.9 311.6 6.97 2 950 514 17.7 11.4 67 6.3 13.8 215 28 295.1 296.8 289.0 321.0 8.95 3 900 978 17.5 12.7 74 4.8 14.4 233 27 299.5 301.4 291.6 329.7 10.32 4 850 1464 13.6 11.5 87 2.1 12.2 232 25 300.3 302.2 291.7 329.9 10.04 5 800 1972 9.6 9.4 99 0.2 9.5 225 24 301.4 303.1 291.4 329.0 9.32 6 750 2505 6.3 4.1 86 2.2 5.1 231 28 303.4 304.7 290.0 324.0 6.86 7 700 3068 4.4 -2.7 60 7.2 1.0 233 39 307.4 308.2 289.1 321.2 4.47 8 650 3670 2.5 -8.4 44 11.0 -2.3 231 40 311.8 312.4 289.3 321.8 3.11 9 600 4311 -2.4 -6.7 72 4.3 -4.3 234 39 313.4 314.1 290.5 325.6 3.85 10 550 4997 -6.6 -20.2 33 13.5 -10.8 238 39 316.2 316.5 289.0 321.0 1.40 11 500 5733 -11.3 -33.2 14 21.9 -15.9 241 40 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.46 12 450 6532 -17.0 -44.8 7 27.8 -20.9 246 41 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.4 0.16 13 400 7403 -23.8 -42.1 17 18.4 -26.1 248 41 324.1 324.1 290.3 324.9 0.23 14 350 8363 -30.7 -35.6 62 4.9 -31.4 252 41 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.52 15 300 9440 -38.8 -42.3 69 3.5 -39.2 251 41 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 16 250 10663 -49.7 -53.0 68 3.3 -49.8 244 43 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 17 200 12090 -54.9 -68.1 18 13.2 -55.2 243 50 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13923 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.5 236 45 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16410 -67.6 -85.8 6 18.2 -67.7 246 44 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.88 m Freezing level: 624.22 mb = 4000.49 m = 13124.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.15 mb = 3241.84 m = 10635.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.45 mb = 1349.95 m = 4428.91 ft T: 14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 8.63 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2081.16 m = 6827.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.51 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 29.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7233.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.12 mb = 1412.71 m = 4634.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.7 neg: -13.3 tot: 184.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 30.58 m/s