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: 42.52,-83.75 Latitude: 42.52 Longitude: -83.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 972 289 25.0 16.5 59 8.5 19.2 217 11 300.6 302.8 293.4 336.5 12.24 2 950 485 23.2 15.5 62 7.7 18.1 219 18 300.7 302.9 293.1 335.2 11.75 3 900 953 18.7 14.7 78 4.0 16.1 221 23 300.8 302.9 293.2 335.4 11.78 4 850 1441 14.1 13.8 98 0.3 13.9 222 25 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.4 11.73 5 800 1951 10.7 10.0 95 0.7 10.3 239 37 302.6 304.4 292.1 331.3 9.68 6 750 2486 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.7 241 38 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.7 7.06 7 700 3050 3.9 -2.3 64 6.1 0.8 244 40 306.8 307.6 289.0 321.0 4.62 8 650 3649 0.8 -8.3 51 9.1 -3.1 244 45 309.8 310.4 288.7 319.8 3.14 9 600 4288 -2.4 -19.3 26 16.9 -7.9 245 50 313.3 313.5 288.1 317.9 1.38 10 550 4973 -6.4 -23.0 26 16.5 -11.2 245 52 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.2 1.10 11 500 5710 -11.5 -29.5 21 18.0 -15.6 242 54 319.0 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.66 12 450 6509 -16.8 -35.0 19 18.1 -20.1 239 53 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.7 0.44 13 400 7382 -22.9 -35.2 31 12.4 -24.9 240 55 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.0 0.48 14 350 8345 -30.7 -44.6 24 13.9 -32.1 239 64 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.21 15 300 9417 -40.2 -45.8 55 5.6 -40.6 240 67 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.21 16 250 10633 -51.2 -54.6 67 3.4 -51.3 248 79 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.09 17 200 12053 -57.0 -69.5 19 12.5 -57.2 249 69 342.5 342.5 294.9 342.6 0.02 18 150 13873 -57.3 -80.4 4 23.1 -57.6 244 65 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16395 -63.4 -86.8 3 23.4 -63.6 263 39 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.10 m Freezing level: 638.08 mb = 3801.81 m = 12472.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.38 mb = 3173.88 m = 10412.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.51 mb = 1355.81 m = 4448.13 ft T: 14.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 17.50 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1479.49 m = 4853.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 944.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.79 mb = 1442.80 m = 4733.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.79 mb = 1592.57 m = 5224.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.79 mb = 11309.08 m = 37102.83 ft B at Equ Level: 937.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.79 mb = 13673.60 m = 44860.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 198.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 11.04 Bulk Shear: 85.61 m/s