MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512071800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512071800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 8 DEC 25 Station: 44.61,-87.03 Latitude: 44.61 Longitude: -87.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 176 -1.9 -5.6 76 3.7 -3.1 192 16 270.9 271.3 269.8 277.7 2.50 1 1000 213 -3.0 -7.4 72 4.3 -4.4 191 17 270.1 270.5 268.7 276.1 2.19 2 950 615 -7.3 -9.0 88 1.7 -7.8 193 17 269.8 270.1 268.2 275.4 2.04 3 900 1033 -11.2 -11.6 97 0.4 -11.3 200 17 269.9 270.2 267.8 274.7 1.75 4 850 1469 -14.7 -17.3 81 2.6 -15.2 222 11 270.8 270.9 267.4 274.0 1.16 5 800 1926 -15.0 -33.3 19 18.4 -17.4 223 13 275.2 275.3 268.7 276.1 0.29 6 750 2413 -15.7 -35.1 17 19.4 -18.2 243 16 279.5 279.5 271.3 280.3 0.26 7 700 2930 -18.1 -20.3 83 2.2 -18.6 252 20 282.4 282.6 274.3 285.6 1.08 8 650 3481 -20.5 -22.5 84 2.0 -20.9 263 23 285.8 285.9 276.0 288.7 0.96 9 600 4070 -23.4 -25.8 81 2.3 -23.8 270 24 289.0 289.1 277.4 291.4 0.78 10 550 4701 -27.3 -30.1 77 2.8 -27.7 274 26 291.7 291.8 278.4 293.5 0.57 11 500 5380 -32.5 -36.0 71 3.5 -32.9 280 29 293.4 293.4 278.9 294.5 0.35 12 450 6111 -39.0 -43.5 63 4.5 -39.3 282 30 294.2 294.2 279.0 294.8 0.18 13 400 6907 -44.9 -50.9 51 5.9 -45.2 291 34 296.6 296.6 280.0 296.9 0.09 14 350 7788 -50.4 -59.6 33 9.2 -50.5 306 39 300.8 300.8 281.7 300.9 0.04 15 300 8781 -55.1 -65.4 27 10.3 -55.2 304 44 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.8 0.02 16 250 9940 -55.5 -67.0 23 11.5 -55.6 301 52 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.6 0.02 17 200 11368 -54.1 -77.8 4 23.7 -54.4 287 55 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.00 18 150 13201 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 284 67 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 15760 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 279 67 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5166.94 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.07 % Est. max temperature: -2.12 C = 28.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.65 mb = 634.30 m = 2081.01 ft T: -7.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 3.70 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.66 mb = 840.93 m = 2758.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.03 g/kg Conv temperature: -2.92 C = 26.74 F Cap Strength: 14.16 C Lifted Index: 14.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.98 C Showalter Index: 16.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.83 C Cross Totals Index: 15.28 C K Index: -1.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 51.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.57 mb = 850.06 m = 2788.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.57 mb = 892.11 m = 2926.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.57 mb = 1588.75 m = 5212.39 ft B at Equ Level: 9.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 816.57 mb = 1771.23 m = 5811.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.7 neg: -8.6 tot: 56.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 56.38 m/s