MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.02,-86.09 Latitude: 42.02 Longitude: -86.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 976 246 23.9 17.5 67 6.5 19.5 240 8 299.2 301.5 293.6 337.0 12.97 2 950 479 22.3 15.7 66 6.5 17.9 235 14 299.8 302.0 293.0 334.6 11.91 3 900 946 17.9 14.4 80 3.5 15.6 226 19 299.9 302.0 292.7 333.7 11.53 4 850 1432 13.2 13.1 99 0.2 13.1 225 20 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.8 11.19 5 800 1940 9.9 8.5 91 1.4 9.0 237 29 301.7 303.3 291.0 327.6 8.74 6 750 2474 6.9 5.2 89 1.6 5.9 242 35 304.1 305.4 290.7 326.4 7.44 7 700 3038 3.3 1.7 89 1.6 2.5 243 39 306.2 307.3 290.3 325.1 6.21 8 650 3635 -0.2 -2.4 85 2.2 -1.3 241 41 308.7 309.7 290.0 324.1 4.95 9 600 4272 -3.3 -8.3 68 5.0 -5.4 241 47 312.3 312.9 289.7 323.2 3.41 10 550 4955 -7.3 -25.1 23 17.8 -12.1 239 48 315.4 315.6 288.3 318.5 0.90 11 500 5690 -12.0 -37.3 10 25.3 -16.6 244 53 318.5 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.31 12 450 6486 -18.4 -26.4 49 8.0 -20.2 244 60 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.5 0.98 13 400 7356 -23.3 -26.2 77 2.9 -23.9 239 71 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.7 1.13 14 350 8318 -30.3 -33.5 74 3.1 -30.8 228 74 327.8 328.0 291.7 330.2 0.65 15 300 9395 -39.4 -42.6 71 3.3 -39.6 228 82 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.30 16 250 10613 -50.9 -54.4 66 3.6 -51.0 237 89 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.09 17 200 12034 -55.4 -69.2 16 13.8 -55.6 247 80 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13873 -56.6 -82.2 3 25.5 -56.9 240 63 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16393 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 257 42 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.70 m Freezing level: 652.71 mb = 3602.80 m = 11820.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.92 mb = 3428.09 m = 11246.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.55 mb = 1064.29 m = 3491.71 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 18.47 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.79 mb = 1344.42 m = 4410.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 865.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.54 mb = 1317.21 m = 4321.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.54 mb = 1366.69 m = 4483.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.54 mb = 10965.15 m = 35974.48 ft B at Equ Level: 864.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.54 mb = 13204.32 m = 43320.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 11.13 Bulk Shear: 77.71 m/s