MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512150600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512150600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 15 DEC 25 Station: 41.53,-101.5 Latitude: 41.53 Longitude: -101.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 1 950 595 2 900 1041 SFC 895 1083 4.3 -0.8 70 5.1 2.0 327 7 286.4 287.1 280.4 297.9 4.03 4 850 1515 11.7 -11.6 18 23.3 2.5 34 12 298.4 298.7 283.0 304.1 1.85 5 800 2021 11.0 -11.5 19 22.4 1.9 32 10 302.8 303.2 284.9 309.1 1.98 6 750 2555 8.5 -15.2 17 23.6 -0.4 343 4 305.8 306.1 285.6 310.8 1.57 7 700 3122 5.6 -17.7 17 23.3 -2.6 293 15 308.7 308.9 286.4 313.1 1.36 8 650 3723 2.1 -27.0 9 29.1 -6.1 289 24 311.3 311.4 286.6 313.5 0.64 9 600 4362 -2.4 -29.4 11 27.0 -9.2 285 27 313.3 313.5 287.2 315.3 0.56 10 550 5045 -8.1 -30.3 15 22.1 -13.2 289 31 314.4 314.5 287.5 316.4 0.56 11 500 5775 -14.0 -35.1 15 21.1 -17.9 303 32 316.0 316.0 287.9 317.4 0.39 12 450 6564 -20.7 -32.7 33 12.0 -22.8 312 35 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.2 0.55 13 400 7421 -27.6 -43.9 20 16.2 -29.3 314 28 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.8 0.19 14 350 8366 -35.5 -50.1 21 14.6 -36.4 296 18 320.9 321.0 289.2 321.4 0.11 15 300 9418 -44.7 -55.1 30 10.4 -45.0 297 18 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.7 0.07 16 250 10610 -54.4 -59.5 53 5.1 -54.5 288 21 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.4 0.05 17 200 12015 -60.2 -69.2 30 8.9 -60.3 293 39 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.02 18 150 13838 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 309 41 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16364 -64.4 -90.8 1 26.4 -64.6 330 38 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.81 m Freezing level: 626.87 mb = 4018.41 m = 13183.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.54 mb = 2461.38 m = 8075.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.32 % Est. max temperature: 23.37 C = 74.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.93 mb = 1734.72 m = 5691.26 ft T: 11.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 895.4-166057796923399653706080487429850005504.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 489.45 mb = 5934.99 m = 19471.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.86 F Cap Strength: 12.98 C Lifted Index: 11.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.46 C Showalter Index: 12.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 2.41 C K Index: -9.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12256.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.60 mb = 3901.58 m = 12800.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 5.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.3 neg: -22.1 tot: 56.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 61.24 m/s