MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.18,-85.95 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -85.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 975 243 23.1 18.0 73 5.0 19.6 238 6 298.3 300.8 293.7 337.5 13.46 2 950 471 21.2 16.6 75 4.6 18.1 228 10 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.5 12.62 3 900 937 17.4 14.4 83 3.0 15.5 211 20 299.5 301.6 292.6 333.3 11.57 4 850 1423 13.1 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 209 22 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.3 11.08 5 800 1931 10.1 9.1 94 1.0 9.5 226 35 301.9 303.6 291.4 328.9 9.11 6 750 2466 7.3 6.0 91 1.3 6.5 236 40 304.5 305.9 291.2 328.0 7.82 7 700 3031 4.1 2.2 88 1.8 3.1 234 44 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.7 6.44 8 650 3630 0.6 -2.8 78 3.5 -1.0 232 44 309.7 310.6 290.2 324.6 4.78 9 600 4267 -4.0 -17.7 34 13.7 -8.5 232 48 311.5 311.8 287.6 316.7 1.59 10 550 4949 -7.3 -26.6 20 19.3 -12.3 231 49 315.4 315.6 288.2 318.2 0.79 11 500 5684 -12.3 -24.9 34 12.6 -15.5 233 49 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.6 1.01 12 450 6480 -18.0 -26.4 48 8.3 -20.0 237 54 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.0 0.99 13 400 7349 -23.8 -28.0 68 4.2 -24.7 243 65 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.4 0.95 14 350 8311 -30.3 -33.4 74 3.1 -30.7 235 65 327.9 328.1 291.8 330.3 0.65 15 300 9389 -39.0 -42.3 71 3.3 -39.4 230 66 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.31 16 250 10609 -49.9 -53.5 66 3.6 -50.1 239 87 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.10 17 200 12033 -57.3 -67.6 26 10.3 -57.5 253 92 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.0 0.02 18 150 13864 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 237 56 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16378 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 251 40 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.75 m Freezing level: 643.08 mb = 3718.38 m = 12199.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.62 mb = 3474.74 m = 11399.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.12 % Est. max temperature: 25.54 C = 77.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.86 mb = 881.41 m = 2891.73 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 20.73 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1247.06 m = 4091.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.42 C = 75.96 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 832.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.82 mb = 1168.66 m = 3834.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.82 mb = 1315.39 m = 4315.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.82 mb = 11118.26 m = 36476.78 ft B at Equ Level: 822.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.82 mb = 13420.55 m = 44030.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.3 neg: -2.1 tot: 216.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.03 Bulk Shear: 103.73 m/s