MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511051800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511051800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 5 NOV 25 Station: 41.8,-88.6 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 988 239 16.5 5.3 47 11.2 10.4 331 15 290.6 291.6 284.1 306.8 5.63 2 950 571 11.6 2.3 53 9.4 7.0 334 20 289.0 289.8 282.4 302.6 4.74 3 900 1020 7.1 1.0 65 6.1 4.2 335 21 288.8 289.6 282.1 302.0 4.57 4 850 1487 4.4 -2.3 62 6.7 1.4 330 30 290.7 291.4 282.1 301.8 3.79 5 800 1978 2.8 -16.6 22 19.4 -3.4 327 36 294.1 294.3 280.5 298.2 1.31 6 750 2497 0.2 -44.0 2 44.2 -7.4 315 38 296.7 296.8 280.0 297.1 0.10 7 700 3045 -3.3 -39.6 4 36.3 -9.8 301 41 298.8 298.8 281.1 299.4 0.17 8 650 3626 -6.8 -36.9 7 30.0 -12.2 290 49 301.3 301.3 282.2 302.1 0.25 9 600 4246 -9.6 -32.9 13 23.3 -14.1 280 61 305.1 305.1 284.0 306.4 0.40 10 550 4914 -13.2 -35.7 13 22.5 -17.1 283 71 308.4 308.4 285.1 309.5 0.33 11 500 5634 -15.1 -40.0 10 24.8 -19.0 287 86 314.6 314.6 287.2 315.4 0.24 12 450 6426 -19.0 -42.0 11 23.0 -22.2 284 98 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.1 0.21 13 400 7291 -25.2 -41.7 20 16.5 -27.2 284 104 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.2 0.25 14 350 8245 -33.0 -48.5 20 15.5 -34.3 282 103 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.13 15 300 9308 -42.5 -56.2 21 13.8 -43.0 287 103 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.06 16 250 10510 -53.0 -62.2 32 9.1 -53.2 286 104 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.04 17 200 11918 -59.8 -71.0 22 11.2 -59.9 277 115 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.01 18 150 13744 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 283 77 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16268 -62.2 -89.1 2 26.9 -62.4 277 58 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5494.36 m Freezing level: 747.70 mb = 2521.83 m = 8273.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 835.77 mb = 1623.62 m = 5326.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.20 % Est. max temperature: 17.37 C = 63.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.13 mb = 1629.80 m = 5347.05 ft T: 3.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.66 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.45 mb = 2695.71 m = 8844.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.36 C = 74.06 F Cap Strength: 7.88 C Lifted Index: 11.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.36 C Showalter Index: 12.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.51 C Cross Totals Index: 12.82 C K Index: -19.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12736.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.95 mb = 1739.10 m = 5705.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.2 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 325.2 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -22.6 tot: -11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 190.35 m/s