MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512111200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512111200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 205 SFC 991 275 -11.2 -13.7 81 2.5 -11.8 40 8 262.7 262.9 261.9 266.3 1.34 2 950 597 -14.8 -16.3 88 1.5 -15.1 42 12 262.2 262.4 261.2 265.2 1.13 3 900 1006 -12.6 -14.4 87 1.8 -13.0 338 8 268.5 268.7 266.3 272.3 1.39 4 850 1443 -12.0 -13.2 91 1.1 -12.3 296 17 273.5 273.8 270.0 278.1 1.63 5 800 1905 -13.1 -13.7 95 0.6 -13.2 267 27 277.2 277.5 272.3 282.0 1.66 6 750 2402 -6.6 -6.7 99 0.1 -6.7 274 50 289.4 290.0 280.6 298.4 3.08 7 700 2944 -6.0 -6.3 98 0.3 -6.1 272 56 295.8 296.4 283.8 306.0 3.41 8 650 3521 -9.6 -9.9 97 0.3 -9.7 269 60 298.1 298.6 284.0 306.5 2.77 9 600 4134 -13.4 -16.6 76 3.3 -14.3 275 60 300.7 301.0 283.8 306.1 1.73 10 550 4792 -16.2 -18.4 83 2.2 -16.8 284 73 304.8 305.1 285.3 310.0 1.63 11 500 5504 -20.1 -21.9 85 1.9 -20.5 280 77 308.6 308.8 286.4 312.9 1.32 12 450 6277 -25.2 -27.2 84 2.0 -25.6 275 80 311.5 311.7 286.9 314.6 0.91 13 400 7123 -29.9 -32.6 77 2.8 -30.3 289 95 316.2 316.3 288.2 318.3 0.62 14 350 8064 -35.1 -39.7 63 4.6 -35.6 292 117 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.35 15 300 9123 -43.0 -46.3 70 3.3 -43.2 280 122 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.20 16 250 10321 -54.4 -57.8 66 3.4 -54.5 283 122 325.1 325.2 290.4 325.4 0.06 17 200 11713 -63.5 -65.1 81 1.6 -63.5 287 121 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.03 18 150 13489 -61.4 -84.2 3 22.8 -61.6 293 88 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16025 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 296 54 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5298.97 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.54 % Est. max temperature: 0.33 C = 32.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.24 mb = 586.55 m = 1924.36 ft T: -14.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 1.02 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 469.34 mb = 5968.51 m = 19581.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.39 C = 97.51 F Cap Strength: 31.33 C Lifted Index: 33.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 40.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 26.14 C Showalter Index: 25.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 8.04 C Cross Totals Index: 6.91 C K Index: -5.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 109.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 7.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24969.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 33.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.98 mb = 897.41 m = 2944.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 49.9 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 37.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 9.2 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.6 neg: -37.7 tot: 300.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 28.63 m/s