MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 56 SFC 984 196 25.1 13.3 48 11.8 17.5 194 12 299.6 301.4 291.3 328.4 9.82 2 950 501 20.9 12.5 59 8.3 15.6 200 17 298.4 300.1 290.7 326.5 9.65 3 900 966 17.9 12.8 72 5.1 14.7 227 35 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.5 10.39 4 850 1452 13.7 10.7 82 3.0 11.9 225 34 300.5 302.3 291.3 328.7 9.56 5 800 1961 10.5 7.0 79 3.5 8.5 226 33 302.3 303.8 290.5 325.8 7.89 6 750 2496 8.1 2.3 67 5.8 4.9 245 33 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.7 6.02 7 700 3064 6.1 1.4 72 4.7 3.5 250 43 309.2 310.3 291.1 327.9 6.06 8 650 3667 1.9 -4.4 63 6.3 -1.1 244 44 311.1 311.9 290.1 324.5 4.24 9 600 4307 -2.1 -11.0 50 8.9 -5.7 241 43 313.7 314.2 289.5 322.5 2.74 10 550 4993 -6.8 -18.8 38 12.0 -10.7 239 45 316.0 316.3 289.1 321.3 1.58 11 500 5729 -11.4 -37.8 9 26.4 -16.3 240 46 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.29 12 450 6527 -18.0 -49.7 4 31.7 -21.7 243 50 320.7 320.7 289.0 321.0 0.09 13 400 7397 -23.1 -43.8 13 20.7 -25.6 244 46 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.20 14 350 8360 -30.3 -49.8 13 19.6 -31.9 249 49 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.12 15 300 9435 -39.6 -51.6 27 11.9 -40.4 245 45 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 16 250 10651 -51.3 -58.4 43 7.1 -51.5 256 51 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.06 17 200 12076 -56.1 -72.4 11 16.3 -56.3 247 55 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.01 18 150 13900 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 243 54 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16402 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 260 42 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.12 m Freezing level: 626.24 mb = 3971.41 m = 13029.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.81 mb = 3520.58 m = 11550.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.80 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.88 mb = 1673.61 m = 5490.79 ft T: 12.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 1981.22 m = 6499.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: 0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 31.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.08 mb = 1600.95 m = 5252.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 470.08 mb = 6196.07 m = 20328.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.08 mb = 6861.04 m = 22509.71 ft B at Equ Level: 9.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 400.08 mb = 7395.02 m = 24261.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.1 neg: -8.5 tot: 231.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 94.87 m/s