MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 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 41 SFC 982 195 23.3 15.2 61 8.0 17.9 181 8 297.9 299.9 291.8 330.3 11.15 2 950 488 23.6 14.3 56 9.3 17.4 203 25 301.1 303.1 292.5 333.0 10.82 3 900 957 19.4 13.6 69 5.8 15.6 211 29 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.7 10.93 4 850 1446 14.6 12.7 88 1.9 13.3 213 29 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.5 10.89 5 800 1956 11.0 10.7 98 0.3 10.8 230 26 302.9 304.7 292.5 333.0 10.13 6 750 2491 7.5 5.7 88 1.8 6.5 234 25 304.7 306.2 291.1 327.9 7.69 7 700 3057 4.3 -0.8 69 5.1 1.7 235 28 307.2 308.2 289.7 323.0 5.15 8 650 3657 1.5 -8.4 48 9.8 -2.7 234 35 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.6 3.13 9 600 4296 -2.1 -16.4 32 14.3 -7.1 233 39 313.7 314.0 288.6 319.5 1.77 10 550 4982 -7.1 -14.8 54 7.7 -9.9 230 36 315.7 316.1 289.6 322.9 2.20 11 500 5717 -12.0 -14.1 84 2.1 -12.8 224 38 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.9 2.57 12 450 6515 -17.4 -19.3 86 1.8 -18.0 223 42 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.6 1.85 13 400 7387 -23.3 -26.2 77 3.0 -23.9 226 42 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.7 1.12 14 350 8350 -30.2 -34.5 67 4.2 -30.9 229 47 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.1 0.59 15 300 9425 -40.2 -44.5 63 4.3 -40.5 248 46 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.24 16 250 10640 -50.6 -54.6 62 4.0 -50.8 245 63 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.09 17 200 12067 -55.2 -69.4 15 14.3 -55.4 254 65 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13894 -58.3 -80.2 4 21.9 -58.5 243 59 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16405 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 253 30 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.30 m Freezing level: 629.28 mb = 3921.74 m = 12866.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.11 mb = 3278.11 m = 10754.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.25 C = 81.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.24 mb = 1215.06 m = 3986.37 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 14.16 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1806.96 m = 5928.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.35 mb = 1601.90 m = 5255.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.35 mb = 2172.76 m = 7128.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.35 mb = 10918.63 m = 35821.83 ft B at Equ Level: 470.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.35 mb = 12759.02 m = 41859.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.3 neg: -1.7 tot: 158.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 14.70 Bulk Shear: 32.68 m/s