MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512111200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512111200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 12 DEC 25 Station: 41.1,-93.5 Latitude: 41.10 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 164 SFC 983 301 -3.4 -5.2 88 1.7 -4.0 321 7 271.1 271.5 270.1 278.2 2.64 2 950 568 -5.9 -6.8 93 0.9 -6.2 327 15 271.2 271.6 269.8 277.8 2.41 3 900 990 -5.6 -7.1 89 1.5 -6.1 331 9 275.8 276.2 272.7 282.7 2.50 4 850 1440 -4.7 -6.0 90 1.4 -5.2 313 16 281.2 281.7 276.3 289.3 2.86 5 800 1916 -4.1 -11.5 56 7.4 -6.5 318 24 286.8 287.2 278.0 292.7 1.98 6 750 2423 -6.8 -9.6 81 2.7 -7.8 306 29 289.2 289.6 279.7 296.4 2.47 7 700 2959 -8.4 -16.8 51 8.4 -10.8 303 35 293.1 293.4 280.3 297.6 1.46 8 650 3531 -11.1 -37.4 9 26.3 -15.2 304 44 296.4 296.5 280.1 297.2 0.24 9 600 4141 -14.3 -50.7 3 36.5 -18.1 307 49 299.6 299.6 281.3 299.8 0.06 10 550 4795 -19.1 -43.0 10 23.9 -21.8 306 56 301.5 301.5 282.2 302.0 0.16 11 500 5495 -24.5 -40.2 22 15.8 -26.2 304 59 303.2 303.3 283.0 304.0 0.23 12 450 6258 -26.7 -32.8 56 6.1 -27.6 308 86 309.7 309.8 285.9 311.5 0.54 13 400 7103 -30.3 -35.8 59 5.5 -31.0 306 113 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.2 0.45 14 350 8037 -38.0 -43.8 55 5.7 -38.5 308 121 317.4 317.5 288.2 318.3 0.23 15 300 9078 -47.5 -52.8 54 5.3 -47.7 309 128 318.4 318.4 288.3 318.8 0.09 16 250 10260 -53.4 -60.1 44 6.7 -53.5 299 130 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.05 17 200 11677 -57.9 -70.2 19 12.4 -58.0 300 116 341.1 341.2 294.6 341.2 0.01 18 150 13492 -59.0 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.3 295 90 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16021 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 301 64 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5331.34 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.35 % Est. max temperature: 8.56 C = 47.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.08 mb = 517.75 m = 1698.64 ft T: -5.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 0.47 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.90 mb = 3579.17 m = 11742.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.08 C = 71.74 F Cap Strength: 18.66 C Lifted Index: 19.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.09 C Showalter Index: 12.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 5.34 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20170.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.10 mb = 885.97 m = 2906.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.2 neg: -8.8 tot: 117.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 15.11 m/s