MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.89,-86.66 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 984 177 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.7 219 21 287.7 289.1 285.6 310.7 8.22 2 950 466 9.7 8.3 91 1.4 8.9 219 24 287.0 288.3 284.3 307.3 7.25 3 900 912 6.7 -1.4 56 8.0 3.0 229 25 288.4 289.1 281.1 299.4 3.84 4 850 1378 2.5 -4.5 60 7.0 -0.4 238 27 288.8 289.3 280.5 298.1 3.21 5 800 1863 -1.9 -6.4 71 4.5 -3.6 251 29 289.2 289.7 280.4 297.8 2.97 6 750 2373 -5.8 -9.7 74 3.9 -7.1 254 39 290.3 290.7 280.2 297.5 2.44 7 700 2910 -9.6 -14.4 68 4.8 -11.1 253 40 291.8 292.2 280.1 297.2 1.79 8 650 3476 -14.4 -16.9 81 2.5 -15.1 247 36 292.6 292.9 280.2 297.4 1.56 9 600 4077 -19.0 -23.1 69 4.2 -19.8 242 39 294.2 294.3 280.1 297.3 0.99 10 550 4719 -22.8 -33.5 37 10.7 -24.2 238 46 297.1 297.2 280.7 298.5 0.41 11 500 5411 -27.7 -29.7 83 2.0 -28.0 230 51 299.3 299.4 281.9 301.4 0.65 12 450 6163 -31.2 -42.2 33 11.0 -32.1 231 53 304.0 304.0 283.3 304.7 0.21 13 400 6987 -37.2 -50.7 23 13.4 -37.9 233 56 306.6 306.6 284.2 307.0 0.09 14 350 7895 -43.5 -56.9 21 13.4 -43.9 231 58 310.1 310.1 285.4 310.3 0.05 15 300 8928 -43.5 -65.8 7 22.3 -44.1 234 56 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 16 250 10158 -41.8 -73.6 2 31.7 -42.8 242 46 343.9 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.01 17 200 11662 -44.8 -75.8 2 31.0 -45.7 232 35 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 18 150 13566 -49.3 -79.1 2 29.8 -50.0 239 34 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.01 19 100 16194 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.5 247 27 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5372.97 m Freezing level: 821.30 mb = 1656.43 m = 5434.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.74 mb = 1322.67 m = 4339.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.76 % Est. max temperature: 14.39 C = 57.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.05 mb = 491.26 m = 1611.72 ft T: 9.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 13.46 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1192.50 m = 3912.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.11 C = 57.39 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 20.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 413.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.44 mb = 1081.77 m = 3549.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.44 mb = 1411.21 m = 4629.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 466.44 mb = 5906.63 m = 19378.48 ft B at Equ Level: 412.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.44 mb = 8570.92 m = 28119.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.6 neg: -10.3 tot: 67.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 9.32 Bulk Shear: 44.38 m/s