MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-84.75 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -84.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 973 301 6.4 5.7 95 0.7 6.1 256 11 281.8 282.8 280.5 298.1 5.91 2 950 495 5.1 4.8 98 0.3 4.9 265 19 282.3 283.3 280.5 298.1 5.68 3 900 934 2.0 1.8 98 0.3 1.9 292 26 283.6 284.4 280.1 297.1 4.83 4 850 1393 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 300 24 284.9 285.7 279.7 296.4 4.05 5 800 1874 -4.2 -4.5 98 0.3 -4.3 280 25 286.7 287.3 279.8 296.5 3.42 6 750 2380 -7.4 -8.0 95 0.6 -7.7 278 26 288.5 289.0 279.8 296.7 2.78 7 700 2914 -10.4 -11.7 90 1.4 -10.8 281 27 291.0 291.4 280.3 297.6 2.22 8 650 3480 -14.1 -16.6 82 2.4 -14.7 285 29 293.0 293.3 280.4 297.9 1.61 9 600 4083 -18.2 -21.6 74 3.5 -18.9 292 29 295.1 295.3 280.7 298.6 1.13 10 550 4727 -22.2 -25.8 72 3.6 -22.9 291 30 297.7 297.9 281.5 300.4 0.85 11 500 5420 -26.9 -29.9 76 2.9 -27.3 288 30 300.2 300.3 282.3 302.3 0.64 12 450 6174 -31.1 -34.0 76 2.8 -31.5 285 34 304.1 304.2 283.7 305.7 0.48 13 400 6999 -36.4 -39.4 74 2.9 -36.7 285 38 307.7 307.7 284.8 308.8 0.31 14 350 7911 -43.0 -46.9 66 3.8 -43.2 285 40 310.7 310.7 285.8 311.3 0.16 15 300 8935 -47.9 -58.3 29 10.4 -48.3 287 44 317.8 317.8 288.1 318.0 0.05 16 250 10134 -47.6 -69.1 7 21.5 -48.0 288 46 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.4 0.01 17 200 11615 -45.8 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.6 285 43 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 18 150 13516 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.5 279 40 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.3 0.00 19 100 16139 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 279 34 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5345.94 m Freezing level: 867.98 mb = 1227.95 m = 4028.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 870.06 mb = 1205.71 m = 3955.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.81 % Est. max temperature: 10.50 C = 50.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.05 mb = 391.88 m = 1285.67 ft T: 5.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 1.66 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.82 mb = 792.75 m = 2600.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.83 C = 46.09 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 22.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.77 mb = 775.46 m = 2544.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.77 mb = 909.33 m = 2983.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.77 mb = 2665.87 m = 8746.19 ft B at Equ Level: 28.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 622.77 mb = 3802.18 m = 12474.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.1 neg: -11.3 tot: 88.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 15.17 m/s