MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.14,-84.45 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -84.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -63 SFC 957 316 18.1 17.7 98 0.4 17.9 146 18 295.0 297.4 292.7 333.6 13.47 2 950 376 17.8 17.6 99 0.2 17.7 147 22 295.3 297.7 292.8 334.0 13.48 3 900 838 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 166 48 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.2 12.56 4 850 1323 13.7 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 181 63 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.4 11.54 5 800 1833 11.0 10.8 99 0.1 10.9 188 68 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.3 10.26 6 750 2369 8.0 7.8 99 0.2 7.9 190 67 305.2 306.9 292.2 332.0 8.90 7 700 2937 4.6 4.3 98 0.3 4.4 192 67 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.3 7.46 8 650 3539 1.3 1.2 99 0.2 1.3 192 69 310.5 311.7 291.8 330.4 6.42 9 600 4179 -2.4 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.6 195 70 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.7 5.19 10 550 4867 -5.3 -6.1 94 0.8 -5.7 197 71 317.8 318.6 292.3 332.0 4.42 11 500 5610 -9.3 -10.4 91 1.1 -9.8 199 71 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.1 3.46 12 450 6417 -14.6 -16.1 88 1.6 -15.1 202 70 324.9 325.4 292.6 333.1 2.42 13 400 7298 -20.8 -22.8 84 2.0 -21.3 207 68 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.53 14 350 8271 -28.0 -30.7 78 2.6 -28.5 210 66 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.85 15 300 9358 -36.5 -39.6 73 3.1 -36.8 212 72 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.41 16 250 10593 -47.8 -51.2 68 3.4 -48.0 218 89 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12032 -53.9 -66.5 20 12.6 -54.2 237 92 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13867 -58.7 -81.2 4 22.5 -58.9 232 48 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16385 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 226 29 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.63 m Freezing level: 632.08 mb = 3768.49 m = 12363.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3740.40 m = 12271.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.40 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.48 mb = 362.26 m = 1188.49 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 4.04 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 837.80 m = 2748.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.90 C = 69.62 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: 0.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.70 mb = 802.72 m = 2633.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.70 mb = 1536.18 m = 5039.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.70 mb = 6956.54 m = 22823.01 ft B at Equ Level: 144.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.70 mb = 11167.03 m = 36636.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 64.9 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 48.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 758.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 758.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 252.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 226.36 m/s