MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 43.30,-85.60 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -85.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 972 262 12.7 7.4 70 5.3 9.8 219 11 288.2 289.4 284.2 307.0 6.66 2 950 454 10.6 6.2 74 4.4 8.2 221 15 287.9 289.0 283.6 305.5 6.25 3 900 901 6.2 5.1 93 1.1 5.6 226 18 287.9 288.9 283.5 305.2 6.13 4 850 1366 2.5 -0.7 79 3.2 1.0 243 25 288.8 289.5 281.8 301.0 4.27 5 800 1852 -1.6 -5.1 77 3.4 -3.0 248 29 289.4 290.0 280.8 298.9 3.28 6 750 2362 -6.0 -7.6 88 1.6 -6.7 247 27 290.0 290.5 280.6 298.4 2.87 7 700 2898 -9.3 -13.1 74 3.8 -10.5 241 28 292.2 292.5 280.5 298.2 1.99 8 650 3466 -13.3 -17.1 73 3.8 -14.3 240 31 293.9 294.2 280.7 298.7 1.54 9 600 4070 -18.2 -21.8 73 3.6 -19.0 243 31 295.1 295.3 280.7 298.6 1.11 10 550 4713 -23.1 -28.3 63 5.2 -23.9 247 26 296.6 296.8 280.8 298.8 0.68 11 500 5404 -27.3 -36.9 40 9.6 -28.4 264 24 299.7 299.8 281.7 300.8 0.32 12 450 6157 -31.1 -43.5 29 12.3 -32.1 284 31 304.1 304.2 283.3 304.8 0.18 13 400 6981 -37.0 -46.2 38 9.1 -37.6 284 35 306.8 306.9 284.3 307.4 0.15 14 350 7892 -43.0 -51.9 37 8.9 -43.4 279 36 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.0 0.09 15 300 8922 -45.4 -63.7 11 18.3 -45.9 257 29 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.5 0.02 16 250 10138 -44.7 -72.9 3 28.2 -45.4 248 29 339.6 339.6 294.2 339.6 0.01 17 200 11630 -45.1 -76.0 2 30.9 -45.9 243 34 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 18 150 13534 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 243 32 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 19 100 16172 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 290 20 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5379.30 m Freezing level: 819.91 mb = 1658.68 m = 5441.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 837.44 mb = 1485.40 m = 4873.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.53 % Est. max temperature: 13.63 C = 56.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.35 mb = 924.67 m = 3033.67 ft T: 5.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 8.83 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1097.35 m = 3600.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.78 C = 55.00 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.71 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 26.65 C K Index: 25.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 427.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.01 mb = 1065.08 m = 3494.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.01 mb = 1204.70 m = 3952.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 457.01 mb = 6046.92 m = 19838.72 ft B at Equ Level: 425.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.01 mb = 8767.70 m = 28765.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.1 neg: -11.8 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 15.22 Bulk Shear: 28.09 m/s