MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 -1 SFC 969 265 14.5 12.8 90 1.7 13.5 275 10 290.3 292.0 287.9 317.5 9.65 2 950 430 12.5 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 281 15 289.9 291.5 287.3 315.7 9.12 3 900 881 9.2 8.5 96 0.7 8.8 307 26 291.0 292.4 286.4 313.1 7.77 4 850 1353 6.7 4.9 89 1.7 5.8 286 20 293.2 294.3 285.9 311.7 6.42 5 800 1849 3.8 1.6 86 2.2 2.7 287 20 295.2 296.2 285.7 311.0 5.38 6 750 2370 0.1 -1.0 92 1.1 -0.4 291 20 296.6 297.5 285.5 310.6 4.72 7 700 2921 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 294 20 300.3 301.1 286.8 314.1 4.62 8 650 3506 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.6 286 17 302.8 303.5 286.9 314.4 3.78 9 600 4130 -9.0 -9.9 93 0.9 -9.4 268 13 305.7 306.3 287.1 315.1 3.00 10 550 4799 -13.0 -14.1 92 1.1 -13.4 225 13 308.6 309.1 287.5 316.1 2.33 11 500 5518 -17.7 -19.2 88 1.6 -18.1 205 23 311.5 311.8 287.8 317.0 1.67 12 450 6299 -23.5 -25.4 84 1.9 -23.9 203 32 313.7 313.9 287.9 317.4 1.08 13 400 7145 -30.6 -34.4 69 3.9 -31.0 201 59 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.1 0.52 14 350 8089 -32.9 -36.6 69 3.7 -33.3 192 109 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.2 0.48 15 300 9159 -38.5 -58.2 11 19.7 -39.5 192 109 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.3 0.05 16 250 10400 -41.7 -70.6 3 28.9 -42.6 202 92 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 17 200 11911 -44.0 -74.4 2 30.4 -44.9 210 53 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 18 150 13801 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 238 49 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16353 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 225 32 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.50 m Freezing level: 748.52 mb = 2386.48 m = 7829.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.10 mb = 2294.10 m = 7526.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.43 % Est. max temperature: 18.63 C = 65.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.75 mb = 476.14 m = 1562.11 ft T: 12.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 6.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 841.40 m = 2760.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.12 C = 59.21 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: 2.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.89 mb = 826.73 m = 2712.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.89 mb = 965.21 m = 3166.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 700.89 mb = 2910.63 m = 9549.19 ft B at Equ Level: 35.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 560.89 mb = 4648.14 m = 15249.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.0 neg: -18.5 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.89 Bulk Shear: 9.18 m/s