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: 41.3,-93.5 Latitude: 41.30 Longitude: -93.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 978 275 -3.3 -4.5 91 1.2 -3.8 104 9 271.5 272.0 270.6 279.1 2.78 2 950 504 -5.3 -5.9 95 0.6 -5.5 115 17 271.8 272.3 270.4 278.9 2.58 3 900 930 -3.6 -4.6 93 1.0 -4.0 165 22 277.8 278.3 274.6 286.2 3.02 4 850 1381 -3.8 -4.2 97 0.4 -3.9 204 10 282.2 282.8 277.4 291.5 3.30 5 800 1861 -1.1 -1.6 97 0.5 -1.3 296 17 290.0 290.7 282.3 302.3 4.25 6 750 2379 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.3 292 42 296.4 297.2 285.6 310.8 4.91 7 700 2929 -3.6 -3.8 98 0.3 -3.7 297 50 298.5 299.3 285.7 310.9 4.12 8 650 3510 -6.6 -7.5 93 1.0 -7.0 293 54 301.5 302.1 285.9 311.7 3.33 9 600 4134 -9.2 -10.4 92 1.1 -9.6 294 69 305.4 306.0 286.9 314.5 2.89 10 550 4800 -14.2 -15.0 94 0.8 -14.5 294 73 307.2 307.6 286.8 314.1 2.17 11 500 5516 -19.2 -19.6 97 0.4 -19.3 296 75 309.6 309.9 287.1 314.9 1.62 12 450 6292 -24.5 -27.3 78 2.7 -25.1 300 79 312.4 312.6 287.2 315.5 0.91 13 400 7138 -30.5 -37.8 49 7.4 -31.3 304 91 315.4 315.5 287.6 316.7 0.37 14 350 8077 -35.5 -41.3 55 5.8 -36.0 306 113 320.9 321.0 289.3 322.0 0.29 15 300 9133 -43.6 -47.2 67 3.6 -43.7 306 127 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.18 16 250 10333 -53.4 -57.1 64 3.7 -53.5 298 129 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.07 17 200 11736 -61.2 -67.7 42 6.5 -61.3 306 128 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.02 18 150 13531 -58.6 -83.7 3 25.1 -58.9 312 103 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16063 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 308 64 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5416.78 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.97 % Est. max temperature: 10.58 C = 51.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.43 mb = 426.25 m = 1398.45 ft T: -4.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 0.22 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 960.05 mb = 421.15 m = 1381.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.83 g/kg Conv temperature: -3.15 C = 26.32 F Cap Strength: 21.56 C Lifted Index: 22.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 17.13 C Showalter Index: 15.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.47 C Cross Totals Index: 15.04 C K Index: 11.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 94.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19642.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.34 mb = 805.18 m = 2641.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 552.8 neg: -31.8 tot: 521.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.4 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 33.63 m/s