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: 42.48,-84.91 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -84.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -46 SFC 962 280 11.8 11.3 97 0.5 11.6 316 14 288.2 289.7 286.3 312.8 8.78 2 950 386 10.9 10.6 98 0.3 10.7 323 21 288.2 289.7 286.1 312.0 8.49 3 900 835 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 355 21 290.8 292.2 286.4 313.1 7.87 4 850 1310 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.9 47 4 295.6 297.1 288.7 319.8 8.36 5 800 1813 8.7 8.6 99 0.2 8.6 177 16 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.3 8.77 6 750 2346 7.3 7.1 99 0.2 7.2 193 32 304.5 306.0 291.7 329.9 8.48 7 700 2913 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 208 39 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.1 7.40 8 650 3513 0.7 -0.5 91 1.3 0.1 222 44 309.8 310.9 291.0 327.4 5.66 9 600 4153 -2.3 -5.5 79 3.1 -3.8 221 50 313.4 314.2 290.8 326.9 4.25 10 550 4839 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.8 212 57 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.2 3.42 11 500 5577 -10.6 -16.9 60 6.3 -12.7 204 65 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.0 2.04 12 450 6381 -15.1 -25.5 41 10.4 -17.8 203 75 324.2 324.5 291.2 328.0 1.06 13 400 7259 -21.6 -36.0 26 14.5 -24.0 201 79 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.6 0.44 14 350 8230 -28.3 -47.0 15 18.7 -30.2 193 80 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.16 15 300 9315 -37.1 -46.2 38 9.1 -37.8 189 73 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.20 16 250 10549 -46.3 -57.2 28 10.9 -46.7 203 81 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.07 17 200 12002 -53.4 -72.1 8 18.8 -53.7 219 80 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13833 -58.1 -83.2 3 25.2 -58.3 230 61 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16361 -61.0 -85.7 2 24.6 -61.3 227 23 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.25 m Freezing level: 637.88 mb = 3668.21 m = 12034.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.99 mb = 3525.52 m = 11566.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.79 % Est. max temperature: 22.80 C = 73.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.66 mb = 344.60 m = 1130.56 ft T: 11.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 717.12 m = 2352.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.76 C = 56.77 F Cap Strength: 8.00 C Lifted Index: 9.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.88 C Showalter Index: 5.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.64 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 28.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.68 mb = 773.87 m = 2538.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.68 mb = 819.86 m = 2689.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.68 mb = 912.42 m = 2993.48 ft B at Equ Level: 23.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 841.68 mb = 1391.25 m = 4564.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 676.8 neg: -48.7 tot: 628.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.0 stream: 12.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 389.52 m/s