MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.18,-85.64 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -85.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 972 265 20.8 18.1 85 2.7 18.9 77 3 296.3 298.7 293.2 335.3 13.56 2 950 468 21.2 16.9 77 4.3 18.3 193 4 298.7 301.0 293.3 336.2 12.87 3 900 935 17.9 16.1 89 1.8 16.7 212 21 300.0 302.3 293.7 337.7 12.89 4 850 1422 14.4 14.0 97 0.5 14.1 212 26 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.3 11.89 5 800 1932 10.8 9.4 91 1.4 9.9 220 23 302.6 304.3 291.7 330.2 9.27 6 750 2467 7.2 2.8 73 4.5 4.8 224 28 304.4 305.6 289.8 323.3 6.23 7 700 3032 4.6 -5.2 49 9.8 0.1 229 32 307.6 308.3 288.5 319.1 3.70 8 650 3632 1.2 -7.7 51 8.9 -2.7 229 38 310.3 310.9 289.0 320.8 3.30 9 600 4271 -2.6 -8.2 65 5.6 -5.0 218 40 313.1 313.8 290.0 324.1 3.43 10 550 4956 -7.1 -9.8 81 2.8 -8.2 216 48 315.7 316.3 290.7 326.4 3.29 11 500 5692 -12.3 -15.0 80 2.7 -13.2 215 48 318.1 318.5 290.6 326.0 2.39 12 450 6490 -17.0 -20.1 77 3.1 -17.9 222 51 321.8 322.2 291.0 327.7 1.71 13 400 7363 -22.7 -26.4 72 3.7 -23.6 226 59 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.3 1.11 14 350 8327 -30.2 -34.0 69 3.8 -30.7 225 59 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.3 0.62 15 300 9404 -39.4 -42.9 70 3.4 -39.7 229 63 329.8 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.29 16 250 10624 -49.9 -53.6 65 3.7 -50.1 244 75 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.10 17 200 12048 -55.3 -69.1 16 13.9 -55.5 260 76 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13876 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 235 49 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16384 -63.6 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 256 35 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.20 m Freezing level: 634.30 mb = 3832.64 m = 12574.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.58 mb = 3048.28 m = 10000.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.16 mb = 603.67 m = 1980.52 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 18.58 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.26 mb = 1280.10 m = 4199.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.66 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1088.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.64 mb = 1071.76 m = 3516.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.64 mb = 1515.05 m = 4970.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.64 mb = 11138.02 m = 36541.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1085.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.64 mb = 13848.79 m = 45435.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.6 neg: -7.3 tot: 155.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 10.83 Bulk Shear: 100.44 m/s