MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 6 NOV 25 Station: 41.8,-88.3 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 200 SFC 997 221 -0.0 -3.1 79 3.1 -1.2 277 1 273.4 273.9 272.1 281.6 3.04 2 950 619 7.4 -6.2 37 13.6 2.0 46 2 284.7 285.1 277.6 292.0 2.52 3 900 1060 3.5 -9.3 38 12.8 -1.2 132 1 285.1 285.5 277.3 291.2 2.09 4 850 1522 3.0 -25.6 10 28.5 -4.2 292 13 289.2 289.3 277.2 291.0 0.56 5 800 2011 1.8 -23.3 13 25.2 -4.9 312 22 293.1 293.2 279.3 295.4 0.73 6 750 2529 -0.0 -31.9 7 31.8 -7.0 310 27 296.5 296.6 280.3 297.7 0.35 7 700 3077 -3.6 -36.9 6 33.3 -9.8 298 30 298.5 298.5 281.0 299.3 0.23 8 650 3658 -6.1 -41.8 4 35.7 -11.9 290 36 302.1 302.1 282.4 302.6 0.15 9 600 4282 -7.7 -35.0 9 27.3 -13.0 288 40 307.2 307.3 284.7 308.3 0.32 10 550 4953 -11.5 -17.7 60 6.2 -13.4 287 40 310.4 310.8 287.5 316.1 1.73 11 500 5678 -15.0 -18.5 74 3.5 -16.0 293 42 314.8 315.1 288.9 320.7 1.77 12 450 6466 -20.4 -26.8 57 6.3 -21.8 299 40 317.5 317.7 289.0 320.8 0.95 13 400 7328 -25.9 -32.2 55 6.3 -26.9 298 53 321.3 321.5 289.9 323.6 0.64 14 350 8282 -32.1 -48.8 17 16.7 -33.4 292 61 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.13 15 300 9350 -41.6 -53.3 27 11.6 -42.2 293 60 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.09 16 250 10556 -52.4 -60.7 36 8.3 -52.6 293 68 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.4 0.04 17 200 11959 -63.1 -69.1 44 6.1 -63.1 299 82 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.02 18 150 13726 -61.9 -78.3 9 16.4 -62.0 292 72 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16210 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 289 66 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5478.33 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 997.34 mb = 221.56 m = 726.89 ft Freezing level: 751.22 mb = 2516.41 m = 8255.83 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.61 % Est. max temperature: 16.08 C = 60.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.65 mb = 622.09 m = 2040.97 ft T: 7.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.37 C/km ThetaE index: 0.97 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 512.70 mb = 5487.47 m = 18003.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.25 C = 104.46 F Cap Strength: 19.19 C Lifted Index: 21.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.37 C Showalter Index: 20.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 7.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.93 C Cross Totals Index: -10.59 C K Index: -40.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16620.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.49 mb = 2026.07 m = 6647.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.5 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 324.5 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.3 neg: -24.5 tot: 91.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 103.68 m/s