MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z 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 108 SFC 981 263 -1.2 -1.7 97 0.5 -1.4 81 5 273.5 274.0 272.8 282.8 3.44 2 950 516 -3.2 -3.8 95 0.7 -3.4 118 10 274.0 274.5 272.5 282.3 3.03 3 900 942 -5.2 -6.1 93 0.9 -5.5 219 4 276.1 276.6 273.2 283.6 2.68 4 850 1389 -6.5 -7.6 92 1.1 -6.9 39 9 279.3 279.7 274.8 286.4 2.53 5 800 1862 -7.4 -8.7 90 1.3 -7.8 115 7 283.3 283.7 276.8 290.3 2.46 6 750 2363 -9.6 -11.1 89 1.5 -10.1 227 19 286.1 286.5 277.9 292.5 2.18 7 700 2894 -11.5 -13.0 89 1.5 -12.0 339 17 289.7 290.1 279.4 295.7 2.01 8 650 3459 -13.0 -14.7 87 1.7 -13.5 350 8 294.2 294.6 281.3 299.9 1.87 9 600 4067 -15.9 -17.8 85 1.9 -16.4 220 5 297.7 298.0 282.4 302.6 1.57 10 550 4719 -18.9 -20.8 85 1.9 -19.3 221 27 301.7 301.9 283.8 305.9 1.32 11 500 5422 -23.1 -25.3 82 2.2 -23.5 231 38 304.9 305.1 284.6 308.1 0.98 12 450 6184 -29.7 -32.3 78 2.6 -30.1 231 44 305.9 306.0 284.5 307.8 0.56 13 400 7010 -37.2 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.5 226 43 306.6 306.7 284.4 307.6 0.28 14 350 7915 -45.4 -49.0 67 3.6 -45.5 221 46 307.5 307.6 284.6 308.0 0.13 15 300 8931 -50.2 -63.5 19 13.3 -50.5 224 67 314.6 314.6 287.0 314.7 0.02 16 250 10106 -55.3 -70.8 13 15.5 -55.5 229 69 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.0 0.01 17 200 11525 -55.7 -78.4 4 22.6 -56.0 236 66 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.00 18 150 13362 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -54.9 248 56 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 15948 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 260 48 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5314.71 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.53 % Est. max temperature: 6.08 C = 42.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.46 mb = 321.89 m = 1056.04 ft T: -1.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.57 C/km ThetaE index: 0.54 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 876.92 m = 2877.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.13 C = 34.04 F Cap Strength: 16.61 C Lifted Index: 18.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.90 C Showalter Index: 15.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.55 C Cross Totals Index: 15.45 C K Index: 7.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 56.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17389.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.69 mb = 779.66 m = 2557.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.1 neg: -71.1 tot: 249.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 20.3 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 11.26 m/s