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: 42.12,-84.65 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -84.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 967 317 18.7 18.3 97 0.4 18.4 118 5 294.6 297.1 292.8 334.1 13.80 2 950 471 18.4 17.5 94 0.9 17.8 147 7 295.9 298.3 292.9 334.4 13.38 3 900 934 16.9 13.3 79 3.6 14.6 197 21 298.9 300.9 291.8 330.3 10.76 4 850 1419 13.8 9.2 73 4.7 11.0 205 28 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.0 8.59 5 800 1927 10.0 4.7 69 5.4 7.1 203 27 301.9 303.1 289.3 321.8 6.68 6 750 2461 6.9 3.5 79 3.4 5.0 215 27 304.0 305.2 289.9 323.8 6.56 7 700 3025 3.6 2.8 95 0.8 3.2 205 32 306.5 307.7 290.8 326.9 6.72 8 650 3624 -0.2 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.4 204 34 308.7 309.7 290.6 326.1 5.66 9 600 4261 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 201 40 311.8 312.7 290.8 326.7 4.74 10 550 4944 -7.8 -8.3 96 0.5 -8.0 201 43 314.8 315.5 290.8 326.7 3.71 11 500 5678 -12.2 -13.7 89 1.5 -12.8 204 46 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.65 12 450 6477 -16.7 -18.4 87 1.7 -17.2 210 51 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.99 13 400 7351 -22.9 -25.3 81 2.4 -23.5 214 56 325.2 325.5 291.6 329.5 1.23 14 350 8315 -30.6 -33.6 75 3.0 -31.0 223 49 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.8 0.64 15 300 9391 -39.2 -42.4 71 3.3 -39.5 231 64 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.3 0.30 16 250 10611 -50.0 -53.6 66 3.6 -50.2 231 80 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12046 -53.3 -68.9 13 15.6 -53.6 243 47 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13881 -59.6 -82.6 3 23.0 -59.8 256 57 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16401 -62.7 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 244 31 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.56 m Freezing level: 653.22 mb = 3585.24 m = 11762.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.46 mb = 3556.22 m = 11667.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.00 % Est. max temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.59 mb = 366.29 m = 1201.71 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1454.18 m = 4770.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.72 C = 76.49 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 325.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.41 mb = 1092.00 m = 3582.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.41 mb = 1839.80 m = 6036.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.41 mb = 9426.69 m = 30927.09 ft B at Equ Level: 324.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.41 mb = 11781.46 m = 38652.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.3 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 233.3 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.7 neg: -5.3 tot: 145.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 88.22 m/s