MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512111200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512111200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 13 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 192 SFC 989 276 -4.0 -6.4 83 2.4 -4.8 330 8 270.0 270.4 269.0 276.5 2.39 2 950 594 -7.0 -8.1 92 1.1 -7.3 328 15 270.1 270.4 268.7 276.0 2.18 3 900 1013 -10.7 -11.1 97 0.4 -10.8 321 20 270.5 270.8 268.4 275.5 1.81 4 850 1455 -5.2 -17.0 39 11.8 -8.4 309 23 280.7 280.9 273.5 284.1 1.18 5 800 1930 -6.3 -17.5 41 11.2 -9.2 297 28 284.4 284.6 275.6 288.0 1.21 6 750 2432 -8.6 -13.2 70 4.6 -10.0 291 38 287.2 287.5 278.0 292.7 1.84 7 700 2964 -11.1 -13.2 84 2.2 -11.7 294 47 290.2 290.6 279.6 296.1 1.97 8 650 3532 -11.9 -13.5 88 1.6 -12.4 298 66 295.5 295.9 282.1 301.8 2.07 9 600 4142 -13.8 -17.9 71 4.0 -14.9 302 78 300.1 300.4 283.4 305.1 1.56 10 550 4803 -14.6 -20.9 59 6.2 -16.2 299 90 306.7 307.0 285.7 311.0 1.32 11 500 5518 -19.1 -24.8 61 5.7 -20.4 294 93 309.7 309.9 286.4 313.1 1.02 12 450 6295 -23.4 -29.8 56 6.4 -24.6 295 95 313.8 313.9 287.5 316.3 0.71 13 400 7148 -28.8 -34.6 57 5.8 -29.6 301 100 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.4 0.51 14 350 8087 -36.8 -40.9 65 4.1 -37.1 303 109 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.3 0.31 15 300 9134 -45.8 -50.5 59 4.7 -46.0 301 110 320.7 320.8 289.1 321.2 0.12 16 250 10319 -55.8 -61.6 48 5.9 -55.9 300 104 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.3 0.04 17 200 11709 -63.8 -66.9 66 3.0 -63.9 292 117 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.02 18 150 13485 -60.3 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.5 298 88 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 15993 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 301 68 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5326.50 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.23 % Est. max temperature: 7.43 C = 45.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.66 mb = 572.32 m = 1877.67 ft T: -6.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.97 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.80 mb = 835.88 m = 2742.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.08 g/kg Conv temperature: -3.64 C = 25.44 F Cap Strength: 26.37 C Lifted Index: 27.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 31.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.64 C Showalter Index: 21.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.88 C Cross Totals Index: 2.08 C K Index: -5.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 27.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.65 mb = 837.13 m = 2746.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.65 mb = 879.29 m = 2884.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 895.65 mb = 1050.19 m = 3445.46 ft B at Equ Level: 3.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 885.65 mb = 1137.01 m = 3730.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 57.1 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 5.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 300.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 23.68 m/s