MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.62,-83.62 Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -83.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -45 SFC 972 196 21.7 16.9 75 4.7 18.5 179 29 297.2 299.4 292.7 333.6 12.59 2 950 396 20.0 16.4 80 3.6 17.6 183 46 297.5 299.8 292.7 333.6 12.47 3 900 860 15.8 15.6 99 0.2 15.7 189 61 297.8 300.0 292.7 333.9 12.46 4 850 1344 13.2 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 202 75 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.7 11.17 5 800 1852 9.9 9.7 98 0.3 9.7 211 70 301.7 303.5 291.6 329.7 9.46 6 750 2388 8.9 6.0 82 3.0 7.2 214 61 306.3 307.7 291.7 330.0 7.83 7 700 2958 6.1 2.6 78 3.6 4.2 215 58 309.3 310.5 291.6 329.6 6.59 8 650 3561 2.0 -0.2 85 2.2 0.8 214 59 311.2 312.3 291.5 329.3 5.80 9 600 4204 -1.6 -4.4 81 2.8 -2.9 214 65 314.3 315.1 291.4 328.9 4.62 10 550 4892 -5.4 -12.4 58 7.0 -8.1 213 70 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.5 2.68 11 500 5633 -9.7 -14.4 68 4.7 -11.5 210 69 321.2 321.6 291.6 329.5 2.50 12 450 6440 -14.6 -20.4 61 5.8 -16.4 212 70 324.9 325.2 291.9 330.6 1.68 13 400 7321 -20.2 -30.4 40 10.2 -22.4 215 72 328.7 328.8 292.1 331.5 0.76 14 350 8294 -28.7 -36.8 46 8.1 -29.9 214 83 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.46 15 300 9377 -37.4 -45.1 45 7.7 -38.1 211 80 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.23 16 250 10608 -47.0 -59.2 23 12.3 -47.4 208 78 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.05 17 200 12057 -54.8 -68.5 17 13.7 -55.0 229 80 346.0 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 13876 -59.3 -82.2 4 22.9 -59.5 238 62 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16388 -62.5 -89.3 2 26.8 -62.7 225 28 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.16 m Freezing level: 622.34 mb = 3916.84 m = 12850.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.80 mb = 3700.85 m = 12141.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.42 mb = 789.29 m = 2589.49 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 4.20 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 941.06 m = 3087.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.60 C = 72.69 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 32.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.15 mb = 896.12 m = 2939.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.15 mb = 1135.90 m = 3726.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.15 mb = 2265.87 m = 7433.88 ft B at Equ Level: 24.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.15 mb = 9579.03 m = 31426.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 63.9 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 47.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 701.5 neg: -44.2 tot: 657.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 219.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 116.41 m/s