MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-85.41 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -85.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 977 242 7.5 5.9 90 1.6 6.6 256 13 282.5 283.6 280.9 299.0 5.96 2 950 468 5.3 4.9 97 0.4 5.1 261 22 282.5 283.5 280.6 298.3 5.70 3 900 908 2.1 1.8 98 0.3 1.9 275 34 283.6 284.5 280.1 297.1 4.83 4 850 1366 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.2 283 30 285.0 285.7 279.8 296.6 4.07 5 800 1848 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.7 275 33 287.3 287.9 280.3 297.6 3.58 6 750 2355 -6.5 -7.3 94 0.8 -6.8 281 32 289.5 290.0 280.5 298.2 2.95 7 700 2891 -9.6 -11.4 87 1.8 -10.2 287 31 291.8 292.2 280.7 298.7 2.29 8 650 3460 -12.3 -13.7 89 1.4 -12.7 292 29 295.1 295.5 281.9 301.3 2.04 9 600 4067 -16.2 -17.9 87 1.7 -16.6 288 29 297.4 297.7 282.3 302.2 1.56 10 550 4717 -20.1 -21.9 86 1.8 -20.5 283 38 300.2 300.4 283.0 304.0 1.20 11 500 5416 -24.6 -26.8 82 2.2 -25.0 283 45 303.0 303.2 283.7 305.8 0.85 12 450 6176 -29.1 -31.8 77 2.7 -29.5 287 47 306.7 306.8 284.8 308.7 0.59 13 400 7006 -35.4 -39.5 66 4.1 -35.8 288 49 308.9 309.0 285.3 310.0 0.31 14 350 7920 -43.7 -47.1 68 3.5 -43.8 293 49 309.8 309.9 285.5 310.4 0.16 15 300 8943 -47.2 -58.5 26 11.3 -47.5 292 55 318.8 318.8 288.4 319.0 0.05 16 250 10148 -47.1 -70.2 5 23.1 -47.7 290 60 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0 0.01 17 200 11627 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 285 54 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 18 150 13524 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 283 48 384.9 384.9 303.1 384.9 0.01 19 100 16141 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 286 32 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5368.78 m Freezing level: 867.18 mb = 1208.75 m = 3965.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 869.49 mb = 1184.37 m = 3885.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.91 % Est. max temperature: 10.99 C = 51.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.25 mb = 440.35 m = 1444.70 ft T: 5.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 2.47 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.87 mb = 747.92 m = 2453.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.17 C = 46.70 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: 6.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 20.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.91 mb = 738.71 m = 2423.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.91 mb = 783.04 m = 2568.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 793.91 mb = 1907.71 m = 6258.81 ft B at Equ Level: 17.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 703.91 mb = 2847.76 m = 9342.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.8 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 312.8 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.3 neg: -4.6 tot: 131.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 30.70 m/s