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: 41.62,-83.75 Latitude: 41.62 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 55 SFC 983 202 23.0 16.4 66 6.6 18.6 200 8 297.6 299.8 292.4 332.4 12.01 2 950 504 23.7 14.7 57 9.0 17.7 217 25 301.2 303.3 292.8 333.9 11.10 3 900 973 19.1 13.6 70 5.5 15.5 218 26 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.6 10.97 4 850 1461 14.4 12.6 89 1.8 13.3 218 26 301.2 303.2 292.6 333.3 10.87 5 800 1970 10.8 8.7 87 2.1 9.5 235 27 302.7 304.3 291.4 329.0 8.84 6 750 2506 7.6 5.2 85 2.4 6.2 239 28 304.8 306.2 290.9 327.2 7.42 7 700 3072 4.2 1.1 80 3.1 2.6 241 28 307.2 308.3 290.4 325.4 5.94 8 650 3671 0.7 -3.4 74 4.1 -1.3 243 33 309.7 310.6 290.0 324.0 4.58 9 600 4310 -2.9 -6.8 74 3.9 -4.6 248 36 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.0 3.83 10 550 4995 -6.9 -11.9 67 5.0 -8.8 245 36 315.9 316.4 290.3 325.0 2.80 11 500 5730 -12.3 -15.0 80 2.7 -13.2 239 36 318.0 318.5 290.5 325.9 2.39 12 450 6529 -17.2 -18.5 90 1.3 -17.6 229 40 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.3 1.98 13 400 7401 -23.3 -25.0 86 1.7 -23.7 226 43 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.2 1.26 14 350 8364 -30.3 -33.2 76 2.9 -30.7 229 52 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.67 15 300 9439 -40.1 -43.4 71 3.3 -40.3 238 60 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.28 16 250 10656 -49.8 -55.2 53 5.4 -50.0 255 71 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.09 17 200 12088 -56.1 -71.7 12 15.7 -56.3 249 62 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.01 18 150 13911 -57.7 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 246 61 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16425 -64.6 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.8 245 37 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.91 m Freezing level: 640.27 mb = 3795.04 m = 12450.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.41 mb = 3469.16 m = 11381.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.39 mb = 1045.15 m = 3428.92 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1715.47 m = 5628.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.26 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 593.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.48 mb = 1555.32 m = 5102.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.48 mb = 1912.78 m = 6275.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.48 mb = 10773.60 m = 35346.04 ft B at Equ Level: 593.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.48 mb = 12917.34 m = 42379.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 22.81 Bulk Shear: 26.02 m/s