MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511230000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511230000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 24 NOV 25 Station: 42.2,-90 Latitude: 42.20 Longitude: -90.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 991 246 5.6 0.7 71 4.9 3.4 186 5 279.5 280.1 277.0 290.7 4.05 2 950 596 7.0 -4.4 44 11.5 2.3 231 9 284.3 284.8 277.9 292.6 2.89 3 900 1040 7.6 -26.7 7 34.3 -1.3 272 8 289.3 289.4 277.0 290.8 0.48 4 850 1508 5.4 -24.4 9 29.8 -2.7 285 12 291.8 292.0 278.5 293.8 0.62 5 800 2000 2.9 -12.6 31 15.4 -2.6 283 15 294.2 294.5 281.2 299.8 1.82 6 750 2520 0.7 -14.1 32 14.7 -4.4 288 20 297.3 297.6 282.4 302.7 1.72 7 700 3070 -2.2 -12.7 44 10.5 -6.0 287 26 300.0 300.4 284.0 306.4 2.05 8 650 3656 -4.5 -19.0 31 14.4 -8.8 284 27 303.9 304.1 284.6 308.1 1.31 9 600 4282 -7.2 -22.2 29 15.0 -11.3 288 29 307.8 308.0 285.8 311.3 1.07 10 550 4955 -10.8 -23.6 34 12.7 -14.2 286 36 311.2 311.4 287.0 314.7 1.04 11 500 5682 -14.8 -25.4 40 10.6 -17.3 287 44 315.0 315.2 288.2 318.4 0.97 12 450 6470 -20.0 -42.3 12 22.3 -22.9 285 49 318.1 318.1 288.3 318.9 0.21 13 400 7332 -26.8 -42.3 22 15.5 -28.6 285 58 320.2 320.2 289.0 321.0 0.23 14 350 8278 -35.2 -45.6 34 10.4 -36.0 282 62 321.3 321.3 289.3 322.0 0.19 15 300 9334 -43.4 -56.4 22 13.1 -43.9 281 69 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.06 16 250 10535 -52.2 -62.5 28 10.3 -52.5 281 69 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.5 0.03 17 200 11951 -59.1 -71.0 20 11.9 -59.3 275 74 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.01 18 150 13742 -60.9 -81.7 5 20.8 -61.0 285 61 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16249 -63.7 -87.8 2 24.1 -63.9 282 43 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5508.36 m Freezing level: 738.11 mb = 2650.65 m = 8696.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 918.28 mb = 874.87 m = 2870.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.68 % Est. max temperature: 18.36 C = 65.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.00 mb = 868.38 m = 2848.99 ft T: 7.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 1.78 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 490.04 mb = 5832.37 m = 19134.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.69 C = 107.05 F Cap Strength: 18.12 C Lifted Index: 20.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.23 C Showalter Index: 18.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 10.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: -9.65 C K Index: -14.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 68.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17275.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.58 mb = 2513.48 m = 8246.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.6 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 314.6 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: -6.3 tot: 73.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 11.57 m/s