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: 42.23,-83.33 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -83.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 984 195 22.4 16.7 70 5.7 18.6 205 6 296.9 299.1 292.3 332.4 12.25 2 950 499 23.2 15.7 63 7.5 18.2 226 23 300.7 302.9 293.2 335.6 11.89 3 900 968 18.8 14.8 78 4.0 16.1 225 26 300.9 303.1 293.2 335.7 11.85 4 850 1456 14.3 13.2 93 1.2 13.6 224 27 301.2 303.2 292.9 334.4 11.29 5 800 1965 10.7 9.3 91 1.4 9.9 239 30 302.6 304.3 291.7 330.1 9.24 6 750 2501 7.2 5.1 87 2.0 6.0 242 32 304.3 305.7 290.7 326.5 7.37 7 700 3065 3.3 -0.7 75 4.1 1.3 242 34 306.2 307.1 289.4 322.1 5.19 8 650 3662 0.9 -11.0 41 11.9 -3.9 245 39 310.0 310.4 288.1 318.1 2.54 9 600 4301 -2.5 -14.9 38 12.5 -7.0 246 40 313.3 313.7 288.7 319.8 2.00 10 550 4987 -6.5 -20.3 33 13.7 -10.8 244 40 316.4 316.6 289.0 321.0 1.39 11 500 5723 -11.6 -30.6 19 18.9 -15.9 242 43 318.9 319.0 289.0 321.0 0.60 12 450 6522 -16.8 -25.8 46 9.0 -19.0 238 43 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.8 1.04 13 400 7394 -23.6 -27.4 71 3.8 -24.4 236 44 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.9 1.01 14 350 8356 -30.5 -34.1 71 3.6 -31.1 229 48 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.8 0.61 15 300 9429 -40.1 -45.2 58 5.1 -40.5 235 57 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.23 16 250 10645 -50.9 -56.1 54 5.2 -51.0 252 67 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 17 200 12075 -55.4 -74.0 8 18.6 -55.7 247 63 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 13896 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.3 248 60 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16416 -63.8 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 253 35 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.12 m Freezing level: 636.79 mb = 3831.18 m = 12569.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.45 mb = 3210.58 m = 10533.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.06 mb = 919.30 m = 3016.05 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 17.62 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1517.66 m = 4979.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 904.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.31 mb = 1372.60 m = 4503.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.31 mb = 1723.86 m = 5655.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.31 mb = 11087.76 m = 36376.74 ft B at Equ Level: 902.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.31 mb = 13358.23 m = 43825.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 21.50 Bulk Shear: 42.08 m/s