MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512101200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512101200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 12 DEC 25 Station: 40.9,-91.6 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -91.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 994 210 -1.2 -4.4 79 3.2 -2.3 307 10 272.4 272.9 271.1 280.0 2.77 2 950 568 -4.8 -6.0 91 1.2 -5.2 308 16 272.4 272.8 270.8 279.4 2.58 3 900 990 -8.7 -9.0 98 0.3 -8.8 315 20 272.5 272.9 270.2 278.5 2.15 4 850 1433 -6.6 -9.3 81 2.7 -7.5 312 23 279.2 279.6 274.3 285.5 2.22 5 800 1908 -6.0 -13.5 56 7.4 -8.2 322 32 284.7 285.0 276.5 289.7 1.69 6 750 2410 -9.1 -12.2 78 3.1 -10.1 308 32 286.7 287.0 277.9 292.6 2.00 7 700 2940 -12.4 -16.0 74 3.6 -13.3 294 33 288.8 289.1 278.4 293.5 1.57 8 650 3504 -14.1 -30.6 23 16.5 -17.0 297 42 293.0 293.1 278.9 294.5 0.46 9 600 4107 -16.1 -43.3 8 27.1 -19.4 298 51 297.5 297.5 280.4 297.9 0.14 10 550 4757 -20.1 -41.8 13 21.7 -22.5 299 61 300.3 300.3 281.7 300.9 0.18 11 500 5455 -25.4 -40.8 22 15.4 -27.0 294 65 302.1 302.1 282.5 302.9 0.22 12 450 6212 -30.2 -37.7 48 7.5 -31.0 297 77 305.3 305.4 284.0 306.5 0.33 13 400 7040 -35.6 -42.8 47 7.3 -36.1 301 93 308.8 308.8 285.1 309.6 0.22 14 350 7957 -40.9 -47.4 49 6.5 -41.2 305 115 313.6 313.6 286.8 314.2 0.15 15 300 8991 -47.8 -55.1 43 7.2 -48.1 303 124 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.2 0.07 16 250 10176 -52.8 -65.9 19 13.1 -53.0 304 116 327.6 327.6 291.0 327.7 0.02 17 200 11609 -54.2 -78.3 4 24.1 -54.5 290 97 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.00 18 150 13441 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -56.9 291 82 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 15991 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 284 64 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5293.88 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.26 % Est. max temperature: 6.24 C = 43.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.18 mb = 607.54 m = 1993.22 ft T: -5.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 1.52 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.54 mb = 788.33 m = 2586.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.48 g/kg Conv temperature: -1.17 C = 29.90 F Cap Strength: 18.40 C Lifted Index: 19.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.86 C Showalter Index: 14.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.77 C Cross Totals Index: 16.05 C K Index: 5.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.45 mb = 789.05 m = 2588.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.45 mb = 831.42 m = 2727.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 888.45 mb = 1089.88 m = 3575.66 ft B at Equ Level: -0.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 888.45 mb = 1089.88 m = 3575.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.2 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 330.2 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.8 neg: -11.6 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 14.75 m/s