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: 42.34,-83.73 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -83.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 266 25.3 16.7 59 8.7 19.4 215 12 300.7 303.0 293.6 336.9 12.33 2 950 487 23.4 15.6 62 7.8 18.2 218 19 300.9 303.1 293.2 335.6 11.79 3 900 956 18.8 14.7 77 4.1 16.1 221 24 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.4 11.74 4 850 1443 14.2 13.5 96 0.7 13.8 224 27 301.0 303.2 293.1 335.0 11.55 5 800 1954 11.0 9.3 89 1.7 10.0 240 35 302.9 304.6 291.8 330.4 9.26 6 750 2490 7.5 4.6 82 2.9 5.8 242 37 304.7 306.0 290.6 326.1 7.10 7 700 3054 4.2 -1.7 66 5.9 1.3 244 38 307.1 308.0 289.3 322.0 4.83 8 650 3654 1.0 -8.7 48 9.7 -3.1 245 44 310.1 310.7 288.7 319.8 3.05 9 600 4293 -2.3 -18.3 28 16.0 -7.7 246 47 313.5 313.7 288.2 318.5 1.51 10 550 4978 -6.6 -22.0 28 15.4 -11.2 247 50 316.3 316.5 288.8 320.3 1.19 11 500 5715 -11.4 -29.9 20 18.4 -15.6 242 52 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.64 12 450 6514 -16.9 -32.2 25 15.3 -20.0 239 52 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.57 13 400 7387 -22.9 -34.1 35 11.2 -24.8 240 53 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.2 0.53 14 350 8349 -30.5 -44.9 23 14.3 -32.0 240 62 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.4 0.20 15 300 9423 -40.1 -45.9 54 5.7 -40.5 241 65 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.21 16 250 10638 -51.0 -54.4 67 3.4 -51.1 249 78 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.09 17 200 12059 -57.0 -69.2 20 12.2 -57.2 251 70 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 13878 -57.4 -80.3 4 22.9 -57.6 245 65 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16398 -63.6 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 263 40 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.43 m Freezing level: 634.71 mb = 3849.44 m = 12629.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.58 mb = 3222.69 m = 10572.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.64 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.17 mb = 1361.80 m = 4467.79 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 18.44 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1515.29 m = 4971.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 33.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 940.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.86 mb = 1464.68 m = 4805.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.86 mb = 1614.87 m = 5298.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.86 mb = 11370.10 m = 37303.04 ft B at Equ Level: 930.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.86 mb = 13758.82 m = 45139.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 186.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 12.36 Bulk Shear: 76.11 m/s