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: 42.28,-86.03 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -86.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 224 22.6 16.8 70 5.8 18.7 251 9 297.5 299.8 292.6 333.3 12.36 2 950 486 19.3 15.9 81 3.4 17.1 249 12 296.8 299.0 292.2 331.7 12.07 3 900 949 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.3 242 16 297.4 299.4 291.5 329.4 11.01 4 850 1432 12.8 10.6 86 2.2 11.4 237 21 299.5 301.2 290.9 327.2 9.45 5 800 1940 10.5 6.8 78 3.7 8.3 240 26 302.3 303.7 290.4 325.4 7.75 6 750 2474 6.6 2.7 76 3.9 4.5 239 33 303.7 304.9 289.5 322.5 6.21 7 700 3037 3.0 -8.5 42 11.5 -1.9 241 40 305.8 306.3 287.0 314.8 2.87 8 650 3631 -1.0 -20.2 22 19.3 -7.0 241 43 307.9 308.1 285.9 311.7 1.18 9 600 4267 -3.0 -29.3 11 26.3 -9.6 243 54 312.6 312.7 286.9 314.6 0.56 10 550 4950 -7.2 -27.3 18 20.1 -12.3 246 59 315.6 315.7 288.1 318.1 0.74 11 500 5684 -12.3 -31.8 18 19.5 -16.4 244 60 318.0 318.1 288.7 319.9 0.53 12 450 6482 -17.1 -37.7 15 20.6 -20.5 241 62 321.7 321.8 289.6 323.0 0.33 13 400 7354 -23.5 -39.2 22 15.7 -25.7 241 66 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.32 14 350 8313 -31.5 -43.3 30 11.8 -32.7 240 72 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.24 15 300 9384 -40.6 -44.7 65 4.1 -40.9 241 78 328.1 328.1 291.4 329.0 0.24 16 250 10598 -50.6 -54.9 60 4.3 -50.8 244 98 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.09 17 200 12029 -54.6 -74.1 7 19.4 -54.9 246 73 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 13863 -56.5 -81.3 3 24.8 -56.8 244 63 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16396 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 252 40 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.53 m Freezing level: 662.23 mb = 3485.86 m = 11436.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.66 mb = 2867.69 m = 9408.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.53 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.99 mb = 958.02 m = 3143.08 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 21.60 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1224.59 m = 4017.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.69 C = 74.65 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 24.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 324.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.25 mb = 1059.70 m = 3476.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.25 mb = 2114.82 m = 6938.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.25 mb = 10253.86 m = 33640.87 ft B at Equ Level: 324.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.25 mb = 11925.77 m = 39126.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.95 Bulk Shear: 110.06 m/s