MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511230000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511230000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 23 NOV 25 Station: 42.5,-90.7 Latitude: 42.50 Longitude: -90.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 987 263 2.0 1.0 93 0.9 1.5 284 7 276.2 276.9 275.4 287.6 4.17 2 950 574 7.8 -0.9 54 8.7 3.9 328 29 285.1 285.8 279.5 295.8 3.78 3 900 1017 6.1 -15.8 19 22.0 -0.9 325 24 287.8 288.1 277.4 291.6 1.24 4 850 1483 4.8 -29.2 6 34.1 -3.4 319 31 291.2 291.3 277.9 292.5 0.40 5 800 1975 2.6 -26.5 10 29.1 -4.8 312 36 293.9 294.0 279.4 295.7 0.55 6 750 2493 -0.5 -22.9 17 22.4 -6.5 308 38 296.0 296.2 280.7 298.6 0.81 7 700 3042 -1.9 -39.4 4 37.5 -8.9 300 42 300.3 300.4 281.7 301.0 0.18 8 650 3628 -4.4 -34.8 7 30.4 -10.5 296 42 304.0 304.1 283.4 305.1 0.31 9 600 4252 -9.2 -26.3 24 17.1 -13.2 301 44 305.5 305.6 284.5 307.9 0.74 10 550 4919 -13.6 -31.5 21 17.8 -17.1 304 52 307.9 308.0 285.2 309.6 0.50 11 500 5635 -18.5 -27.4 45 8.9 -20.3 303 63 310.5 310.7 286.5 313.2 0.81 12 450 6414 -23.2 -30.8 50 7.6 -24.5 301 77 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.4 0.65 13 400 7266 -28.8 -36.6 47 7.8 -29.8 298 86 317.6 317.6 288.4 319.0 0.41 14 350 8206 -36.5 -44.0 46 7.5 -37.1 299 86 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.4 0.22 15 300 9256 -44.5 -50.7 50 6.2 -44.9 310 89 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.0 0.12 16 250 10451 -53.4 -61.0 39 7.5 -53.6 307 86 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.04 17 200 11866 -57.8 -71.1 17 13.3 -58.0 292 90 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.2 0.01 18 150 13691 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 290 60 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16230 -61.6 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 285 40 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5482.50 m Freezing level: 758.22 mb = 2407.80 m = 7899.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 909.55 mb = 930.59 m = 3053.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.95 % Est. max temperature: 17.66 C = 63.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.01 mb = 385.40 m = 1264.42 ft T: 4.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 4.26 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 577.25 mb = 4548.27 m = 14921.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Cap Strength: 14.60 C Lifted Index: 15.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.87 C Showalter Index: 15.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 12.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: -10.74 C K Index: -43.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15778.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.16 mb = 2094.57 m = 6871.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.5 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 335.5 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.1 neg: -11.5 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 12.02 m/s