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: 41.6,-88.5 Latitude: 41.60 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 141 SFC 993 197 -10.2 -11.1 93 0.9 -10.5 282 4 263.5 263.7 263.1 267.9 1.64 2 950 538 -9.5 -11.1 88 1.6 -9.9 315 11 267.6 267.9 266.2 272.3 1.73 3 900 956 -9.8 -14.2 71 4.3 -10.9 298 9 271.4 271.6 268.2 275.3 1.42 4 850 1397 -9.8 -15.6 63 5.8 -11.3 315 10 275.8 276.1 270.9 279.6 1.33 5 800 1863 -10.6 -16.3 63 5.7 -12.1 310 14 279.8 280.0 273.3 283.7 1.33 6 750 2358 -12.2 -17.1 67 4.9 -13.5 303 18 283.3 283.5 275.2 287.2 1.33 7 700 2883 -14.1 -25.2 38 11.2 -16.2 304 22 286.9 287.0 276.2 289.1 0.70 8 650 3443 -16.0 -41.2 10 25.2 -19.0 299 25 290.8 290.9 277.3 291.4 0.16 9 600 4042 -18.2 -43.5 9 25.3 -21.0 299 30 295.1 295.1 279.3 295.5 0.14 10 550 4693 -18.1 -48.2 5 30.1 -21.2 292 38 302.6 302.6 282.5 302.9 0.09 11 500 5398 -23.1 -41.3 17 18.2 -25.1 289 37 304.9 304.9 283.7 305.6 0.20 12 450 6159 -29.1 -44.9 20 15.8 -30.4 285 37 306.7 306.7 284.3 307.2 0.16 13 400 6990 -34.9 -49.3 22 14.4 -35.8 285 37 309.6 309.6 285.3 310.0 0.11 14 350 7906 -42.4 -55.0 24 12.7 -42.8 287 38 311.6 311.6 286.0 311.9 0.06 15 300 8932 -48.0 -63.2 16 15.2 -48.3 285 43 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.03 16 250 10125 -50.9 -67.1 13 16.2 -51.2 266 53 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.02 17 200 11577 -50.0 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.5 279 55 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 13439 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 273 54 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 15995 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 280 47 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5256.04 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.67 % Est. max temperature: 2.67 C = 36.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.24 mb = 311.62 m = 1022.36 ft T: -9.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.59 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 992.8- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.78 mb = 3727.30 m = 12228.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.09 C = 66.36 F Cap Strength: 25.83 C Lifted Index: 26.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 32.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.45 C Showalter Index: 21.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.25 C Cross Totals Index: 7.45 C K Index: -13.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22768.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 26.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.47 mb = 900.33 m = 2953.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -3.2 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 8.11 m/s