MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.18,-85.82 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -85.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 973 255 19.3 18.6 96 0.7 18.9 218 5 294.7 297.3 293.0 334.9 14.03 2 950 461 18.6 18.1 97 0.5 18.2 226 17 296.0 298.5 293.3 335.9 13.85 3 900 924 15.7 15.2 97 0.5 15.4 227 25 297.7 299.9 292.5 332.9 12.15 4 850 1408 12.7 10.8 88 1.9 11.5 215 23 299.4 301.2 291.0 327.6 9.61 5 800 1914 9.2 4.8 74 4.4 6.8 208 24 301.0 302.2 289.0 321.1 6.76 6 750 2446 5.6 0.5 69 5.1 3.0 200 25 302.7 303.7 288.3 318.7 5.29 7 700 3007 2.2 0.2 86 2.1 1.2 194 26 305.0 306.0 289.3 321.8 5.53 8 650 3602 -1.3 -2.0 95 0.7 -1.6 179 35 307.5 308.4 289.7 323.2 5.09 9 600 4238 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.6 -3.9 184 48 311.9 312.8 290.7 326.5 4.65 10 550 4921 -7.1 -8.1 93 1.0 -7.5 191 48 315.6 316.3 291.1 327.8 3.78 11 500 5659 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.8 196 51 319.3 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.89 12 450 6460 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.6 196 59 323.0 323.5 291.7 330.1 2.08 13 400 7337 -21.6 -23.9 82 2.2 -22.2 199 63 326.9 327.1 292.2 331.7 1.39 14 350 8306 -29.1 -31.9 77 2.8 -29.6 205 72 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.3 0.76 15 300 9388 -38.3 -41.4 72 3.2 -38.5 211 73 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10612 -49.7 -53.2 67 3.5 -49.8 216 77 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 17 200 12033 -57.8 -63.5 48 5.7 -57.9 241 90 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.04 18 150 13870 -58.9 -84.0 3 25.1 -59.2 240 43 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16390 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.4 246 31 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.81 m Freezing level: 668.58 mb = 3380.80 m = 11091.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.82 mb = 3253.62 m = 10674.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.03 mb = 335.65 m = 1101.21 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.22 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.23 mb = 855.67 m = 2807.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.95 C = 71.51 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.42 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 570.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.57 mb = 786.68 m = 2580.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.57 mb = 1022.75 m = 3355.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.57 mb = 10882.97 m = 35704.86 ft B at Equ Level: 564.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.57 mb = 13087.17 m = 42936.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.6 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 225.6 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 8.40 Bulk Shear: 67.87 m/s