MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 125 SFC 983 263 -1.5 -2.0 96 0.5 -1.7 120 5 273.0 273.6 272.4 282.1 3.35 2 950 532 -3.3 -4.0 95 0.7 -3.5 143 15 273.9 274.4 272.3 282.1 3.00 3 900 958 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.9 -5.8 189 20 275.9 276.3 273.0 283.2 2.64 4 850 1406 -6.3 -7.2 93 0.9 -6.6 245 10 279.6 280.0 275.0 287.0 2.61 5 800 1879 -8.0 -9.1 92 1.1 -8.4 90 10 282.6 283.1 276.4 289.5 2.40 6 750 2378 -10.1 -11.4 90 1.3 -10.5 154 14 285.7 286.0 277.6 291.9 2.13 7 700 2911 -9.0 -10.1 92 1.1 -9.4 235 21 292.5 293.0 281.4 300.1 2.53 8 650 3483 -11.3 -12.5 91 1.2 -11.7 264 7 296.1 296.5 282.6 303.0 2.24 9 600 4092 -15.3 -16.8 88 1.5 -15.7 177 5 298.4 298.7 282.9 303.7 1.71 10 550 4747 -17.3 -18.9 87 1.6 -17.7 221 28 303.6 303.9 284.8 308.6 1.56 11 500 5456 -21.2 -23.1 84 2.0 -21.6 217 47 307.2 307.4 285.7 311.1 1.19 12 450 6223 -28.0 -30.6 78 2.6 -28.4 219 53 308.1 308.2 285.4 310.3 0.67 13 400 7056 -34.9 -38.0 73 3.1 -35.2 217 63 309.6 309.7 285.7 310.9 0.36 14 350 7970 -43.5 -47.0 68 3.5 -43.6 219 77 310.1 310.2 285.6 310.7 0.16 15 300 8989 -51.2 -57.1 49 5.9 -51.3 222 95 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.4 0.06 16 250 10153 -58.4 -68.0 28 9.6 -58.5 224 100 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.3 0.02 17 200 11553 -57.1 -77.1 6 20.0 -57.3 239 75 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.01 18 150 13377 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 253 62 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 15951 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 260 45 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5331.21 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.48 % Est. max temperature: 6.07 C = 42.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.67 mb = 328.93 m = 1079.15 ft T: -1.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 0.06 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 863.19 m = 2831.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.92 C = 33.66 F Cap Strength: 18.50 C Lifted Index: 20.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.66 C Showalter Index: 17.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.91 C Cross Totals Index: 13.97 C K Index: 6.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 66.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18893.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.86 mb = 777.83 m = 2551.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.5 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 241.5 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 3.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -46.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.7 neg: -61.9 tot: 211.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 19.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 10.01 m/s