MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.59,-83.67 Latitude: 41.59 Longitude: -83.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 983 198 27.7 15.7 48 12.0 19.6 220 14 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.3 11.49 2 950 496 24.4 15.0 56 9.3 18.1 221 22 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.5 11.37 3 900 967 19.7 14.0 70 5.7 16.0 222 24 301.8 303.9 293.1 335.1 11.26 4 850 1456 15.0 13.2 89 1.9 13.8 222 25 301.9 303.9 293.1 335.1 11.26 5 800 1966 11.1 9.7 91 1.4 10.2 236 28 303.0 304.7 292.0 331.1 9.46 6 750 2502 8.0 6.0 87 2.1 6.8 244 31 305.3 306.8 291.4 328.9 7.83 7 700 3069 4.9 2.1 82 2.8 3.4 250 35 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.4 6.36 8 650 3670 1.5 -2.5 75 4.0 -0.5 251 41 310.6 311.5 290.5 325.9 4.90 9 600 4311 -2.4 -7.1 70 4.7 -4.5 252 42 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.3 3.74 10 550 4996 -6.6 -12.6 62 6.0 -8.9 250 45 316.2 316.7 290.2 324.8 2.63 11 500 5733 -11.9 -20.3 50 8.4 -14.5 244 46 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.6 1.52 12 450 6530 -17.3 -31.0 29 13.7 -20.1 240 47 321.4 321.6 289.9 323.7 0.64 13 400 7403 -22.4 -48.3 8 25.9 -25.3 242 50 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.12 14 350 8368 -30.1 -48.3 15 18.1 -31.8 239 56 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.14 15 300 9443 -39.7 -46.1 50 6.4 -40.2 243 58 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.20 16 250 10661 -50.6 -54.0 67 3.4 -50.7 253 72 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 17 200 12083 -57.1 -68.7 21 11.7 -57.3 255 70 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.4 0.02 18 150 13902 -57.9 -80.7 4 22.8 -58.2 246 65 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16413 -64.5 -85.3 4 20.8 -64.6 261 42 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.85 m Freezing level: 630.96 mb = 3914.08 m = 12841.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.56 mb = 3588.64 m = 11773.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.62 mb = 1700.56 m = 5579.20 ft T: 13.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.51 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.51 mb = 1752.87 m = 5750.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 37.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.51 mb = 1681.30 m = 5516.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.51 mb = 1835.31 m = 6021.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.51 mb = 11403.57 m = 37412.82 ft B at Equ Level: 811.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.51 mb = 13395.23 m = 43947.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 17.82 Bulk Shear: 46.37 m/s