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: 42.3,-84.02 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -84.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 972 287 25.4 16.7 59 8.6 19.5 221 12 301.0 303.2 293.7 337.5 12.42 2 950 486 23.4 16.0 63 7.4 18.4 223 19 301.0 303.2 293.5 336.7 12.15 3 900 955 18.8 15.0 78 3.8 16.3 224 23 300.9 303.1 293.3 336.1 11.97 4 850 1442 14.3 13.7 96 0.6 13.9 226 27 301.1 303.2 293.2 335.4 11.66 5 800 1952 10.9 9.9 93 1.0 10.3 239 35 302.7 304.5 292.0 331.3 9.59 6 750 2488 7.4 4.4 81 3.0 5.7 241 36 304.6 305.9 290.5 325.6 6.99 7 700 3053 4.2 -2.1 64 6.2 1.1 243 38 307.1 308.0 289.2 321.6 4.70 8 650 3652 0.5 -10.9 42 11.5 -4.1 245 44 309.5 310.0 288.0 317.7 2.55 9 600 4291 -2.4 -17.8 30 15.4 -7.6 246 48 313.4 313.7 288.3 318.6 1.58 10 550 4976 -6.5 -20.7 31 14.2 -10.8 247 51 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.9 1.34 11 500 5712 -11.5 -29.2 22 17.7 -15.6 243 52 319.0 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.68 12 450 6512 -16.6 -42.1 9 25.5 -20.5 241 52 322.3 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.21 13 400 7385 -23.0 -43.0 14 20.0 -25.5 242 55 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.21 14 350 8347 -30.6 -44.9 23 14.3 -32.0 240 64 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.20 15 300 9420 -40.1 -45.8 54 5.7 -40.5 241 67 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.21 16 250 10636 -51.1 -54.4 68 3.3 -51.2 250 81 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.09 17 200 12057 -56.9 -69.7 18 12.9 -57.1 250 71 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 13877 -57.3 -80.2 4 22.9 -57.5 244 65 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16398 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 261 40 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.83 m Freezing level: 641.20 mb = 3764.23 m = 12349.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.14 mb = 3179.15 m = 10430.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.00 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.50 mb = 1377.37 m = 4518.87 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 19.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1455.95 m = 4776.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.54 C = 77.97 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 33.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1093.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.18 mb = 1430.55 m = 4693.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.18 mb = 1580.27 m = 5184.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.18 mb = 11561.37 m = 37930.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1074.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.18 mb = 14037.59 m = 46054.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.09 Bulk Shear: 72.45 m/s