MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 DEC 25 Station: 41.4,-88.8 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -88.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 978 193 5.7 5.3 97 0.4 5.5 173 13 280.6 281.6 279.7 296.3 5.72 2 950 434 6.0 5.8 98 0.2 5.9 184 36 283.3 284.3 281.4 300.1 6.08 3 900 879 7.8 5.0 82 2.8 6.3 214 57 289.6 290.6 284.1 306.9 6.08 4 850 1350 6.4 1.9 73 4.5 4.2 224 55 292.9 293.8 284.5 307.9 5.16 5 800 1845 3.3 -0.9 74 4.3 1.3 219 57 294.7 295.5 284.5 307.8 4.46 6 750 2365 0.8 -7.5 54 8.3 -2.6 211 55 297.4 297.9 283.9 306.2 2.90 7 700 2917 -1.0 -19.0 24 18.0 -6.5 212 47 301.3 301.6 283.5 305.2 1.22 8 650 3505 -3.0 -20.3 25 17.3 -8.2 216 45 305.5 305.7 285.1 309.3 1.17 9 600 4133 -7.4 -20.5 34 13.1 -11.1 215 47 307.6 307.8 285.9 311.7 1.25 10 550 4804 -12.5 -21.2 49 8.6 -14.9 215 51 309.2 309.4 286.5 313.4 1.28 11 500 5524 -16.6 -23.9 53 7.3 -18.3 210 60 312.8 313.0 287.6 316.6 1.11 12 450 6310 -20.9 -31.1 40 10.2 -22.7 209 71 317.0 317.1 288.5 319.2 0.64 13 400 7168 -28.0 -36.1 46 8.1 -29.0 214 73 318.7 318.7 288.8 320.2 0.44 14 350 8110 -35.9 -42.5 51 6.6 -36.5 218 78 320.3 320.3 289.1 321.2 0.26 15 300 9162 -44.6 -52.7 40 8.2 -44.9 221 76 322.5 322.6 289.6 322.9 0.10 16 250 10354 -55.0 -58.9 62 3.8 -55.1 224 68 324.2 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.05 17 200 11754 -55.2 -69.7 15 14.5 -55.4 243 63 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13597 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 244 82 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16150 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 266 43 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5511.11 m Freezing level: 728.50 mb = 2602.13 m = 8537.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.08 mb = 2016.87 m = 6616.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.74 % Est. max temperature: 18.68 C = 65.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.30 mb = 243.67 m = 799.42 ft T: 5.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 2.64 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 978.33 mb = 192.93 m = 632.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.97 C = 42.74 F Cap Strength: 8.89 C Lifted Index: 10.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.80 C Showalter Index: 7.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 6.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 192.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13145.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.57 mb = 837.61 m = 2748.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 51.9 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 38.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 527.9 neg: -107.9 tot: 420.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 12.87 m/s