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: 42.23,-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 20.6 16.3 77 4.2 17.8 211 4 295.2 297.4 291.6 329.6 11.96 2 950 484 20.4 16.2 77 4.2 17.6 230 18 297.9 300.1 292.6 333.5 12.25 3 900 949 17.4 14.3 82 3.2 15.4 225 25 299.4 301.5 292.5 332.9 11.43 4 850 1435 13.4 11.6 88 1.9 12.3 221 28 300.2 302.1 291.7 329.9 10.11 5 800 1943 10.3 7.9 85 2.4 8.9 214 26 302.1 303.7 290.9 327.0 8.37 6 750 2478 7.3 4.5 83 2.8 5.7 205 25 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.7 7.06 7 700 3043 4.0 1.4 83 2.6 2.7 206 29 307.0 308.1 290.5 325.5 6.07 8 650 3642 0.6 -1.8 84 2.4 -0.6 204 37 309.7 310.6 290.5 325.7 5.15 9 600 4280 -3.7 -6.3 82 2.6 -4.8 206 45 311.9 312.6 290.1 324.5 3.98 10 550 4962 -7.7 -9.8 85 2.0 -8.6 220 43 314.9 315.5 290.5 325.6 3.31 11 500 5697 -12.1 -15.8 74 3.7 -13.3 222 42 318.3 318.8 290.5 325.8 2.24 12 450 6495 -17.1 -21.9 66 4.9 -18.4 217 41 321.8 322.0 290.8 326.8 1.47 13 400 7368 -23.3 -28.6 62 5.3 -24.4 217 44 324.7 324.8 291.1 327.9 0.90 14 350 8330 -30.0 -33.3 73 3.2 -30.5 225 50 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.66 15 300 9409 -38.4 -43.6 58 5.2 -38.9 252 62 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.27 16 250 10633 -49.2 -53.7 60 4.4 -49.4 252 79 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.10 17 200 12065 -57.0 -65.0 36 8.0 -57.2 260 54 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.03 18 150 13883 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 248 47 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16402 -63.7 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 250 32 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.91 m Freezing level: 642.88 mb = 3732.70 m = 12246.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.52 mb = 3524.37 m = 11562.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.65 mb = 735.22 m = 2412.12 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 7.93 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1364.95 m = 4478.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 398.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.29 mb = 1127.78 m = 3700.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.29 mb = 1774.04 m = 5820.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.29 mb = 9263.52 m = 30391.76 ft B at Equ Level: 397.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.29 mb = 12513.84 m = 41055.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.2 neg: -17.6 tot: 50.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 8.21 Bulk Shear: 48.59 m/s