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: 42.23,-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 42 SFC 983 196 26.5 14.5 47 12.1 18.5 204 11 301.2 303.1 292.4 332.4 10.59 2 950 492 23.8 13.3 52 10.4 17.0 212 20 301.3 303.2 292.1 331.3 10.18 3 900 961 19.3 12.4 64 6.9 14.9 217 26 301.4 303.3 292.0 331.3 10.12 4 850 1449 14.6 11.3 81 3.2 12.5 220 28 301.4 303.2 291.9 330.8 9.96 5 800 1959 10.8 9.5 92 1.3 10.0 239 32 302.6 304.4 291.8 330.4 9.34 6 750 2494 7.3 6.2 93 1.1 6.7 242 32 304.5 306.0 291.3 328.4 7.97 7 700 3059 4.0 2.6 91 1.4 3.2 247 35 306.9 308.1 290.9 327.1 6.62 8 650 3659 0.5 -2.0 83 2.5 -0.7 243 39 309.6 310.5 290.4 325.4 5.09 9 600 4296 -3.2 -9.0 64 5.8 -5.6 243 40 312.5 313.1 289.6 322.8 3.23 10 550 4980 -7.3 -19.5 37 12.3 -11.1 245 41 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.4 1.48 11 500 5716 -11.5 -23.7 36 12.2 -14.9 246 45 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.9 1.13 12 450 6515 -17.0 -25.3 49 8.3 -19.0 243 46 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.09 13 400 7388 -22.8 -30.4 50 7.6 -24.3 238 46 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.0 0.76 14 350 8352 -30.1 -34.9 63 4.8 -30.8 235 53 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.57 15 300 9429 -39.4 -45.1 54 5.8 -39.8 241 62 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.23 16 250 10646 -50.9 -56.0 54 5.1 -51.0 252 73 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 17 200 12070 -56.4 -68.0 22 11.6 -56.6 252 58 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13892 -57.4 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.6 246 64 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16405 -64.9 -86.9 3 22.0 -65.1 258 40 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.18 m Freezing level: 642.61 mb = 3752.84 m = 12312.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.01 mb = 3547.30 m = 11637.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.54 mb = 1714.81 m = 5625.96 ft T: 12.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 11.98 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.20 mb = 1956.57 m = 6419.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 36.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 210.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.31 mb = 1799.26 m = 5903.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.31 mb = 2272.42 m = 7455.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.31 mb = 10637.82 m = 34900.57 ft B at Equ Level: 210.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.31 mb = 12060.57 m = 39568.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.65 Bulk Shear: 57.75 m/s