MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512260000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512260000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 26 DEC 25 Station: 41.7,-87.7 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -87.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 996 190 5.6 1.7 76 3.8 3.8 66 7 279.1 279.8 277.2 291.0 4.35 2 950 572 4.3 0.1 74 4.2 2.4 105 22 281.5 282.2 278.0 292.8 4.05 3 900 1012 5.8 5.3 97 0.5 5.6 144 23 287.5 288.6 283.4 305.0 6.22 4 850 1481 6.0 5.7 98 0.3 5.8 168 20 292.4 293.6 286.0 311.9 6.77 5 800 1978 6.9 -6.3 39 13.2 1.2 186 20 298.5 299.0 284.4 307.6 2.99 6 750 2508 7.2 -17.1 16 24.3 -1.4 231 19 304.4 304.6 284.8 308.7 1.33 7 700 3071 3.5 -14.7 25 18.1 -3.1 255 21 306.3 306.7 286.0 312.0 1.75 8 650 3669 1.7 -19.5 19 21.2 -5.3 270 27 310.9 311.1 287.1 315.0 1.25 9 600 4309 -2.3 -21.7 21 19.4 -8.2 284 31 313.5 313.7 287.8 317.3 1.12 10 550 4993 -6.9 -25.7 21 18.8 -11.9 280 42 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.8 0.86 11 500 5728 -12.7 -26.3 31 13.6 -16.0 283 43 317.6 317.7 288.9 320.7 0.89 12 450 6522 -18.3 -35.2 21 16.9 -21.2 288 47 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.8 0.42 13 400 7392 -23.6 -40.3 20 16.7 -25.9 288 52 324.3 324.3 290.4 325.3 0.28 14 350 8351 -31.4 -44.3 27 12.9 -32.7 292 54 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.21 15 300 9424 -39.8 -47.7 43 7.9 -40.3 287 70 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.17 16 250 10643 -49.7 -53.9 62 4.1 -49.9 289 74 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12061 -61.3 -66.9 47 5.6 -61.3 291 86 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 18 150 13817 -64.8 -79.3 12 14.6 -64.8 291 99 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16272 -67.6 -89.3 3 21.7 -67.7 296 80 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.27 m Freezing level: 628.86 mb = 3939.63 m = 12925.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.89 mb = 2218.50 m = 7278.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.45 % Est. max temperature: 19.43 C = 66.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.51 mb = 671.09 m = 2201.71 ft T: 4.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 575.88 mb = 4631.73 m = 15195.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.04 C = 105.88 F Cap Strength: 18.87 C Lifted Index: 19.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.20 C Showalter Index: 8.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 6.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 289.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15588.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.82 mb = 968.66 m = 3177.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 436.1 neg: -3.6 tot: 432.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 22.31 m/s