MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512021200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512021200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 2 DEC 25 Station: 40.4,-88.8 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -88.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 989 241 -8.0 -9.0 93 1.0 -8.3 296 5 266.0 266.3 265.6 271.3 1.96 2 950 549 -9.8 -10.9 91 1.1 -10.1 314 13 267.3 267.6 266.1 272.1 1.75 3 900 966 -9.9 -11.5 88 1.6 -10.3 308 16 271.3 271.6 268.8 276.2 1.76 4 850 1407 -9.9 -13.9 72 4.0 -10.9 317 18 275.8 276.0 271.2 280.2 1.53 5 800 1875 -9.8 -14.0 71 4.3 -10.9 314 20 280.7 281.0 274.2 285.4 1.61 6 750 2372 -11.4 -16.6 65 5.2 -12.8 305 21 284.2 284.4 275.8 288.3 1.39 7 700 2899 -12.1 -29.3 22 17.2 -15.2 300 27 289.0 289.1 276.9 290.6 0.48 8 650 3463 -14.7 -35.9 15 21.1 -17.8 294 31 292.3 292.3 278.2 293.2 0.28 9 600 4066 -15.4 -43.2 7 27.8 -18.8 292 34 298.4 298.4 280.8 298.8 0.14 10 550 4724 -16.5 -43.5 8 27.0 -19.8 284 39 304.5 304.6 283.4 305.1 0.15 11 500 5430 -22.9 -40.7 18 17.8 -24.9 282 38 305.1 305.2 283.8 305.9 0.22 12 450 6193 -28.4 -44.1 21 15.7 -29.8 274 41 307.5 307.6 284.6 308.1 0.17 13 400 7025 -35.2 -49.2 23 13.9 -36.1 276 40 309.2 309.2 285.2 309.6 0.11 14 350 7940 -41.9 -56.2 20 14.3 -42.4 282 40 312.2 312.3 286.2 312.5 0.05 15 300 8972 -46.8 -64.1 12 17.4 -47.2 282 42 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.5 0.02 16 250 10168 -50.5 -68.1 11 17.7 -50.8 267 66 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.02 17 200 11621 -49.7 -77.4 2 27.7 -50.3 281 60 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13482 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 271 57 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16026 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -59.9 275 48 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5277.74 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.57 % Est. max temperature: 2.82 C = 37.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.56 mb = 359.66 m = 1179.99 ft T: -8.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.24 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 988.6- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 541.89 mb = 4833.68 m = 15858.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.91 F Cap Strength: 26.57 C Lifted Index: 26.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 32.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.49 C Showalter Index: 20.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.99 C Cross Totals Index: 8.97 C K Index: -18.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22270.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 26.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.61 mb = 816.87 m = 2679.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 9.27 m/s