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: 47.59,-84.65 Latitude: 47.59 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 10 SFC 957 378 15.9 12.8 82 3.1 14.0 244 5 292.7 294.4 288.9 320.4 9.73 2 950 444 15.0 12.1 83 2.9 13.3 243 4 292.4 294.1 288.5 319.2 9.40 3 900 900 11.4 8.2 80 3.3 9.6 266 10 293.3 294.6 287.1 315.1 7.58 4 850 1375 8.6 3.4 70 5.2 5.9 264 19 295.1 296.2 286.0 312.0 5.76 5 800 1873 5.2 1.8 79 3.3 3.5 253 22 296.7 297.7 286.3 312.8 5.47 6 750 2397 1.9 -2.0 75 4.0 0.1 242 24 298.7 299.5 285.9 311.8 4.39 7 700 2951 -0.9 -8.9 55 8.0 -4.1 232 27 301.4 301.9 285.3 310.0 2.78 8 650 3538 -4.6 -18.2 34 13.6 -8.8 226 32 303.7 304.0 284.7 308.2 1.40 9 600 4164 -7.8 -22.5 30 14.7 -11.8 227 35 307.1 307.3 285.5 310.5 1.04 10 550 4835 -11.5 -22.6 39 11.1 -14.4 229 39 310.4 310.7 286.8 314.2 1.13 11 500 5561 -14.6 -27.6 32 13.1 -17.5 229 45 315.3 315.4 288.1 318.0 0.79 12 450 6351 -20.3 -30.7 39 10.4 -22.2 222 47 317.7 317.8 288.8 320.0 0.66 13 400 7209 -27.5 -37.4 39 9.8 -28.8 221 43 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.6 0.39 14 350 8154 -35.3 -42.5 48 7.2 -35.9 220 45 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.1 0.26 15 300 9210 -42.4 -52.5 33 10.0 -42.9 220 45 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.10 16 250 10425 -47.8 -62.5 17 14.7 -48.2 227 51 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.03 17 200 11885 -50.9 -74.2 5 23.3 -51.3 236 47 352.1 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13738 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 240 41 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16293 -60.6 -85.3 2 24.7 -60.9 243 23 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.31 m Freezing level: 716.36 mb = 2769.92 m = 9087.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.06 mb = 2407.48 m = 7898.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.65 % Est. max temperature: 19.62 C = 67.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.68 mb = 772.71 m = 2535.11 ft T: 12.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 8.46 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1533.26 m = 5030.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.83 C = 65.89 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: 6.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 18.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9638.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.66 mb = 1261.62 m = 4139.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -7.2 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 76.12 m/s