MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 30 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 133 SFC 984 263 -1.9 -2.5 96 0.6 -2.1 130 8 272.5 273.1 271.9 281.3 3.23 2 950 540 -3.8 -4.4 95 0.7 -4.0 145 20 273.4 273.9 271.9 281.3 2.89 3 900 966 -4.9 -5.7 94 0.8 -5.2 186 27 276.5 276.9 273.5 284.1 2.76 4 850 1416 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.5 246 14 280.7 281.2 276.0 288.8 2.87 5 800 1890 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.1 35 3 284.0 284.5 277.5 291.7 2.66 6 750 2392 -9.0 -10.4 90 1.4 -9.4 186 13 286.8 287.2 278.4 293.6 2.31 7 700 2929 -7.3 -8.4 92 1.1 -7.7 238 22 294.4 294.9 282.6 303.0 2.89 8 650 3503 -10.1 -11.5 90 1.4 -10.6 263 16 297.5 298.0 283.4 305.0 2.44 9 600 4115 -13.6 -15.3 87 1.7 -14.2 240 19 300.3 300.7 284.0 306.4 1.93 10 550 4773 -16.7 -18.6 85 1.9 -17.2 229 39 304.2 304.5 285.1 309.3 1.60 11 500 5483 -21.0 -23.1 83 2.1 -21.4 227 55 307.5 307.7 285.8 311.4 1.19 12 450 6252 -27.4 -29.9 79 2.5 -27.8 230 60 308.8 309.0 285.8 311.2 0.71 13 400 7086 -34.8 -38.0 73 3.2 -35.1 232 63 309.8 309.9 285.7 311.1 0.36 14 350 8002 -41.9 -50.2 40 8.3 -42.3 235 75 312.2 312.2 286.2 312.6 0.11 15 300 9031 -49.0 -52.9 64 3.9 -49.1 234 93 316.3 316.3 287.6 316.6 0.09 16 250 10202 -58.1 -63.5 50 5.4 -58.2 231 101 319.7 319.7 288.6 319.8 0.03 17 200 11584 -62.2 -71.0 30 8.8 -62.3 241 92 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.01 18 150 13388 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.4 253 63 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 15957 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 265 45 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5349.88 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.95 % Est. max temperature: 7.32 C = 45.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.54 mb = 338.17 m = 1109.46 ft T: -2.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 0.02 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 1890.42 m = 6202.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.56 C = 49.21 F Cap Strength: 19.11 C Lifted Index: 20.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.38 C Showalter Index: 16.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.80 C Cross Totals Index: 14.97 C K Index: 8.72 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18713.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.73 mb = 778.34 m = 2553.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 439.8 neg: -35.9 tot: 403.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 21.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 14.58 m/s