MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512111200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 12 DEC 25 Station: 41.2,-88.9 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 991 195 -2.4 -5.4 80 3.0 -3.5 103 3 271.4 271.8 270.2 278.4 2.57 2 950 528 -4.9 -8.0 79 3.1 -5.8 141 6 272.2 272.6 270.1 278.3 2.21 3 900 950 -8.2 -11.8 75 3.6 -9.2 176 6 273.1 273.4 269.8 277.9 1.72 4 850 1396 -5.4 -14.9 47 9.6 -8.0 218 5 280.5 280.8 273.8 284.6 1.41 5 800 1871 -5.9 -20.6 30 14.6 -9.5 297 13 284.8 285.0 275.4 287.6 0.93 6 750 2373 -9.7 -12.8 79 3.0 -10.6 294 17 286.0 286.3 277.4 291.6 1.91 7 700 2904 -11.2 -12.8 88 1.6 -11.7 285 23 290.1 290.4 279.6 296.2 2.04 8 650 3470 -12.9 -14.5 88 1.5 -13.4 301 34 294.3 294.7 281.4 300.1 1.91 9 600 4078 -14.8 -16.4 87 1.6 -15.2 300 48 299.0 299.3 283.2 304.5 1.77 10 550 4733 -18.1 -20.0 85 1.9 -18.6 295 56 302.7 302.9 284.2 307.2 1.42 11 500 5439 -22.6 -24.7 83 2.1 -23.0 289 64 305.5 305.7 284.9 308.9 1.04 12 450 6204 -27.9 -30.4 79 2.5 -28.2 294 81 308.2 308.4 285.5 310.5 0.68 13 400 7038 -34.7 -37.7 74 3.0 -35.0 298 91 309.9 310.0 285.8 311.2 0.37 14 350 7953 -42.8 -47.2 62 4.4 -43.0 300 97 311.0 311.1 285.9 311.6 0.16 15 300 8980 -48.0 -69.3 7 21.3 -48.4 303 116 317.6 317.6 288.0 317.7 0.01 16 250 10169 -53.4 -65.4 22 12.0 -53.6 301 136 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.02 17 200 11590 -55.1 -79.0 4 24.0 -55.4 306 108 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.00 18 150 13420 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -56.9 308 80 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 15979 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 306 67 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5316.43 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.54 % Est. max temperature: 7.41 C = 45.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.56 mb = 564.18 m = 1850.95 ft T: -5.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 0.54 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.95 mb = 3744.56 m = 12285.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.50 C = 72.50 F Cap Strength: 21.18 C Lifted Index: 22.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.79 C Showalter Index: 17.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.22 C Cross Totals Index: 7.63 C K Index: 0.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 74.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20687.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.40 mb = 1006.99 m = 3303.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.4 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 322.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 165.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 20.10 m/s