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: 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 42 SFC 983 196 26.1 15.8 53 10.2 19.2 208 10 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.8 11.59 2 950 491 23.5 14.9 58 8.7 17.8 216 19 301.1 303.1 292.9 334.3 11.28 3 900 960 19.0 14.0 72 5.1 15.7 220 24 301.1 303.2 292.8 334.1 11.21 4 850 1448 14.4 12.9 90 1.5 13.4 224 28 301.3 303.3 292.7 333.8 11.05 5 800 1958 11.0 9.7 91 1.3 10.2 240 34 302.9 304.6 292.0 331.0 9.46 6 750 2494 7.7 5.7 87 1.9 6.5 244 36 304.9 306.3 291.2 328.1 7.69 7 700 3060 4.5 0.7 76 3.8 2.5 247 37 307.5 308.6 290.3 325.1 5.75 8 650 3660 1.1 -4.1 68 5.2 -1.4 246 43 310.2 311.1 289.9 323.8 4.34 9 600 4300 -2.3 -14.0 40 11.7 -6.7 248 43 313.5 313.9 288.9 320.5 2.16 10 550 4985 -6.4 -20.9 31 14.5 -10.8 248 46 316.5 316.8 289.0 320.9 1.31 11 500 5722 -11.6 -25.6 30 14.0 -15.2 245 50 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.2 0.95 12 450 6520 -17.6 -23.4 61 5.7 -19.1 239 50 321.1 321.3 290.4 325.5 1.29 13 400 7392 -22.6 -34.5 33 11.9 -24.6 239 51 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.51 14 350 8356 -30.3 -50.1 13 19.8 -32.0 240 60 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.4 0.11 15 300 9430 -39.9 -46.0 52 6.1 -40.4 239 62 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.21 16 250 10647 -50.9 -54.3 68 3.3 -51.1 250 74 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.10 17 200 12067 -57.4 -68.8 22 11.4 -57.5 253 69 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 18 150 13884 -57.6 -80.5 4 22.9 -57.9 246 65 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16402 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 265 39 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.28 m Freezing level: 633.43 mb = 3872.02 m = 12703.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.93 mb = 3439.76 m = 11285.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.04 mb = 1487.29 m = 4879.51 ft T: 14.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 14.24 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1695.18 m = 5561.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.29 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 35.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 673.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.35 mb = 1574.15 m = 5164.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.35 mb = 1933.37 m = 6343.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.35 mb = 11112.92 m = 36459.28 ft B at Equ Level: 671.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.35 mb = 13384.56 m = 43912.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 192.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 8.91 Bulk Shear: 75.63 m/s