MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.09,-85.25 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -85.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 971 276 18.7 18.3 98 0.4 18.5 129 6 294.3 296.8 292.7 333.7 13.79 2 950 467 17.9 17.5 98 0.3 17.7 149 11 295.3 297.7 292.7 333.8 13.40 3 900 929 16.4 13.6 84 2.8 14.6 196 21 298.4 300.4 291.8 330.3 10.95 4 850 1414 12.8 9.2 79 3.6 10.6 199 27 299.5 301.1 290.2 324.8 8.60 5 800 1920 9.2 7.4 89 1.8 8.1 198 26 300.9 302.4 290.2 324.9 8.09 6 750 2453 6.2 5.2 93 1.0 5.6 212 25 303.3 304.7 290.5 325.6 7.43 7 700 3016 3.1 2.8 98 0.3 2.9 205 28 305.9 307.2 290.6 326.2 6.68 8 650 3613 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.4 198 32 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.0 5.65 9 600 4250 -3.9 -4.1 98 0.3 -4.0 195 36 311.7 312.5 290.7 326.4 4.69 10 550 4933 -7.9 -8.5 96 0.6 -8.1 195 39 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.5 3.67 11 500 5668 -12.0 -13.3 90 1.3 -12.5 198 48 318.4 318.9 291.0 327.4 2.73 12 450 6467 -17.0 -18.8 86 1.8 -17.6 204 51 321.9 322.2 291.3 328.4 1.92 13 400 7340 -22.8 -25.1 81 2.4 -23.3 212 51 325.4 325.7 291.6 329.8 1.24 14 350 8305 -29.8 -32.7 76 2.9 -30.3 216 57 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.70 15 300 9384 -39.0 -42.2 71 3.2 -39.2 217 71 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10604 -50.1 -53.7 65 3.6 -50.3 224 82 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12042 -49.5 -72.7 5 23.2 -50.0 244 59 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13879 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.7 257 54 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16401 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 241 31 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.51 m Freezing level: 654.40 mb = 3560.88 m = 11682.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.72 mb = 3530.46 m = 11582.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.73 % Est. max temperature: 24.69 C = 76.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.51 mb = 318.90 m = 1046.26 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 8.94 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.97 mb = 1197.42 m = 3928.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.40 C = 74.12 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 33.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 329.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.40 mb = 944.53 m = 3098.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.40 mb = 1478.66 m = 4851.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.40 mb = 8033.53 m = 26356.41 ft B at Equ Level: 328.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.40 mb = 11623.74 m = 38135.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.4 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 228.4 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.8 neg: -3.7 tot: 127.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 4.58 Bulk Shear: 71.92 m/s