MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 29 NOV 25 Station: 42.0,-88.5 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 210 SFC 993 262 -4.1 -5.5 90 1.4 -4.6 107 4 269.6 270.0 269.0 276.5 2.56 2 950 613 -6.9 -8.3 90 1.4 -7.3 147 8 270.2 270.6 268.7 276.1 2.15 3 900 1033 -8.2 -10.0 87 1.8 -8.7 195 12 273.0 273.4 270.2 278.6 1.99 4 850 1477 -8.0 -9.5 89 1.5 -8.5 220 13 277.7 278.1 273.4 283.9 2.18 5 800 1947 -9.1 -10.6 89 1.5 -9.6 234 21 281.4 281.8 275.3 287.5 2.13 6 750 2447 -10.0 -11.3 90 1.3 -10.4 251 31 285.8 286.1 277.7 292.1 2.15 7 700 2978 -10.5 -11.6 91 1.1 -10.9 255 45 290.8 291.2 280.2 297.5 2.24 8 650 3549 -10.4 -11.3 93 0.8 -10.7 256 51 297.2 297.6 283.3 304.7 2.48 9 600 4162 -13.0 -13.9 93 1.0 -13.3 257 49 301.1 301.5 284.5 307.8 2.17 10 550 4818 -18.2 -19.3 91 1.1 -18.4 257 50 302.5 302.8 284.3 307.3 1.51 11 500 5523 -23.1 -24.3 89 1.3 -23.3 261 53 304.9 305.1 284.7 308.4 1.07 12 450 6286 -29.0 -31.0 83 2.0 -29.3 268 56 306.8 306.9 284.9 309.0 0.64 13 400 7115 -36.0 -39.3 72 3.3 -36.3 273 62 308.2 308.2 285.1 309.3 0.32 14 350 8027 -43.0 -47.6 61 4.5 -43.3 271 77 310.7 310.7 285.8 311.2 0.15 15 300 9051 -50.0 -54.8 57 4.8 -50.1 264 88 314.9 314.9 287.2 315.2 0.08 16 250 10218 -58.6 -64.4 48 5.7 -58.7 267 96 318.9 318.9 288.4 319.0 0.03 17 200 11598 -63.4 -72.6 28 9.2 -63.5 269 89 332.3 332.3 292.3 332.3 0.01 18 150 13395 -55.3 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 270 53 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 15962 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 275 44 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5312.63 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.50 % Est. max temperature: 4.53 C = 40.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.68 mb = 435.83 m = 1429.86 ft T: -5.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 0.40 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.96 mb = 4301.95 m = 14113.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: 22.07 C Lifted Index: 23.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.41 C Showalter Index: 17.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.03 C Cross Totals Index: 13.54 C K Index: 4.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 78.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19018.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.89 mb = 863.08 m = 2831.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 319.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 319.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 20.46 m/s