MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.55,-83.62 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -83.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 984 196 23.3 16.5 66 6.8 18.8 199 8 297.8 300.0 292.5 332.9 12.09 2 950 506 23.6 14.5 57 9.1 17.6 217 25 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.6 11.02 3 900 975 19.2 13.4 69 5.8 15.4 219 26 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.1 10.78 4 850 1463 14.4 12.4 88 2.0 13.1 219 26 301.3 303.2 292.5 332.9 10.73 5 800 1972 10.7 8.5 86 2.2 9.4 235 26 302.6 304.2 291.3 328.6 8.76 6 750 2508 7.6 5.1 84 2.5 6.2 239 26 304.9 306.2 290.9 327.1 7.38 7 700 3074 4.4 1.1 79 3.3 2.7 241 28 307.3 308.4 290.4 325.5 5.93 8 650 3673 0.7 -2.6 78 3.3 -0.9 242 32 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.0 4.87 9 600 4312 -3.0 -6.4 77 3.4 -4.5 247 35 312.7 313.4 290.3 325.2 3.96 10 550 4997 -6.7 -9.4 82 2.6 -7.8 245 34 316.1 316.7 290.9 327.2 3.42 11 500 5734 -12.1 -15.1 78 3.0 -13.2 240 35 318.3 318.7 290.6 326.1 2.36 12 450 6532 -17.3 -17.9 95 0.6 -17.4 229 39 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.6 2.08 13 400 7404 -23.3 -24.4 91 1.1 -23.6 225 43 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.3 1.32 14 350 8367 -30.3 -34.3 68 4.0 -30.9 230 52 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.60 15 300 9442 -40.0 -43.8 67 3.8 -40.3 239 59 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.26 16 250 10660 -49.8 -56.6 45 6.7 -50.1 256 69 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.07 17 200 12092 -55.9 -72.1 11 16.2 -56.1 248 61 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.01 18 150 13915 -57.7 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 246 61 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16428 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 245 37 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.45 m Freezing level: 640.12 mb = 3799.34 m = 12464.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.84 mb = 3514.94 m = 11531.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.89 mb = 1061.45 m = 3482.41 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 8.68 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1737.42 m = 5700.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 543.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.70 mb = 1575.11 m = 5167.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.70 mb = 1933.30 m = 6342.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.70 mb = 10823.85 m = 35510.89 ft B at Equ Level: 537.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.70 mb = 12985.56 m = 42603.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 22.83 Bulk Shear: 23.78 m/s