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,-85.82 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 1 SFC 970 255 14.1 13.0 93 1.2 13.4 286 11 289.8 291.5 287.8 317.1 9.71 2 950 432 12.3 11.9 98 0.4 12.1 291 17 289.7 291.3 287.3 315.8 9.27 3 900 883 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.9 314 27 290.8 292.2 286.4 313.2 7.86 4 850 1354 6.5 5.5 94 0.9 6.0 293 17 292.9 294.1 286.1 312.2 6.69 5 800 1850 3.7 2.2 90 1.5 2.9 282 19 295.1 296.1 285.8 311.4 5.61 6 750 2371 -0.1 -0.9 94 0.8 -0.4 293 19 296.5 297.4 285.5 310.6 4.79 7 700 2921 -2.3 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.4 294 20 300.0 300.8 286.6 313.5 4.50 8 650 3506 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 281 16 302.4 303.1 286.6 313.5 3.62 9 600 4129 -9.2 -10.3 92 1.1 -9.6 255 13 305.5 306.0 286.9 314.6 2.91 10 550 4798 -13.1 -14.4 89 1.4 -13.5 221 12 308.6 309.0 287.3 315.8 2.27 11 500 5517 -17.9 -19.7 86 1.8 -18.4 205 20 311.2 311.6 287.6 316.5 1.61 12 450 6297 -23.4 -25.6 83 2.1 -23.9 203 30 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.4 1.06 13 400 7144 -30.9 -34.5 70 3.6 -31.3 200 47 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.7 0.51 14 350 8083 -33.8 -39.2 59 5.3 -34.4 193 105 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.5 0.37 15 300 9151 -38.9 -63.4 6 24.6 -39.8 193 106 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.03 16 250 10392 -41.2 -68.5 4 27.3 -42.2 203 89 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 17 200 11907 -43.7 -74.1 2 30.4 -44.6 212 52 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 18 150 13798 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 238 51 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16353 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.5 225 31 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5516.08 m Freezing level: 751.09 mb = 2359.45 m = 7740.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.66 mb = 2299.42 m = 7543.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.07 % Est. max temperature: 18.50 C = 65.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.66 mb = 399.35 m = 1310.20 ft T: 12.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 6.45 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 762.27 m = 2500.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.86 C = 58.75 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 29.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.26 mb = 760.71 m = 2495.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.26 mb = 806.52 m = 2646.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 638.26 mb = 3647.96 m = 11968.24 ft B at Equ Level: 57.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 508.26 mb = 5393.16 m = 17693.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -19.7 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.14 Bulk Shear: 13.90 m/s