MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 43.29,-85.87 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 975 233 12.1 8.7 79 3.4 10.2 226 14 287.4 288.7 284.5 307.7 7.26 2 950 448 9.8 8.0 88 1.8 8.8 226 21 287.1 288.3 284.2 307.0 7.08 3 900 894 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 226 25 287.4 288.5 283.4 305.1 6.28 4 850 1359 2.3 -3.6 65 5.8 -0.2 228 31 288.5 289.1 280.7 298.5 3.46 5 800 1844 -2.0 -6.3 72 4.3 -3.6 228 34 289.1 289.6 280.4 297.8 2.99 6 750 2353 -6.6 -7.1 97 0.5 -6.8 230 37 289.4 289.9 280.5 298.2 2.99 7 700 2887 -11.1 -11.5 97 0.4 -11.2 234 34 290.2 290.6 280.0 297.0 2.27 8 650 3452 -15.2 -15.8 95 0.6 -15.4 234 34 291.7 292.1 280.0 296.9 1.71 9 600 4051 -19.7 -20.4 94 0.7 -19.8 229 34 293.3 293.5 280.1 297.2 1.25 10 550 4691 -23.9 -24.9 92 0.9 -24.1 227 35 295.7 295.9 280.7 298.7 0.93 11 500 5380 -28.9 -29.3 97 0.4 -29.0 223 45 297.8 297.9 281.3 300.0 0.68 12 450 6128 -32.1 -41.1 40 9.0 -32.9 218 54 302.9 303.0 282.9 303.7 0.23 13 400 6950 -37.6 -51.3 23 13.7 -38.2 217 56 306.2 306.2 284.0 306.5 0.09 14 350 7861 -41.2 -62.0 9 20.8 -41.9 222 50 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.2 0.03 15 300 8904 -42.4 -69.0 4 26.6 -43.1 235 40 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.7 0.01 16 250 10133 -43.0 -74.5 2 31.4 -43.9 233 33 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.1 0.01 17 200 11629 -45.6 -76.4 2 30.8 -46.4 232 38 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 18 150 13533 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 240 30 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.6 0.01 19 100 16181 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 280 24 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5360.23 m Freezing level: 823.06 mb = 1620.45 m = 5316.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 851.61 mb = 1343.31 m = 4407.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.75 % Est. max temperature: 13.56 C = 56.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.52 mb = 663.26 m = 2176.01 ft T: 7.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 872.56 m = 2862.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.17 C = 53.91 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.76 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 27.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 699.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.83 mb = 868.13 m = 2848.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.83 mb = 913.65 m = 2997.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.83 mb = 6480.98 m = 21262.80 ft B at Equ Level: 697.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 297.83 mb = 8953.16 m = 29373.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 87.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 21.36 Bulk Shear: 32.73 m/s