MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 9 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 78 SFC 983 222 6.0 5.6 97 0.4 5.8 306 1 280.6 281.6 279.8 296.6 5.82 2 950 497 3.8 3.6 98 0.2 3.7 177 3 281.1 282.0 279.3 295.5 5.22 3 900 933 -0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 207 7 281.5 282.2 278.2 293.1 4.15 4 850 1389 -1.9 -2.1 98 0.2 -2.0 225 9 284.2 284.8 279.1 295.0 3.84 5 800 1870 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.8 239 21 288.3 289.0 281.1 299.4 3.85 6 750 2381 -4.6 -5.0 97 0.4 -4.8 244 32 291.6 292.2 282.1 301.9 3.51 7 700 2921 -7.2 -8.0 94 0.7 -7.5 250 37 294.5 295.0 282.8 303.5 3.00 8 650 3496 -10.5 -11.3 94 0.8 -10.8 252 41 297.1 297.5 283.2 304.6 2.47 9 600 4106 -14.3 -16.0 87 1.6 -14.8 250 44 299.5 299.9 283.5 305.2 1.83 10 550 4760 -19.1 -23.2 70 4.1 -20.0 248 45 301.4 301.6 283.4 304.9 1.07 11 500 5461 -24.3 -34.4 39 10.1 -25.6 250 50 303.4 303.5 283.3 304.8 0.42 12 450 6218 -30.8 -36.7 56 5.9 -31.4 248 63 304.5 304.6 283.7 305.7 0.37 13 400 7042 -37.6 -41.1 70 3.5 -37.9 240 73 306.1 306.1 284.2 307.0 0.26 14 350 7947 -44.9 -51.8 46 6.9 -45.2 237 65 308.2 308.2 284.8 308.5 0.09 15 300 8962 -50.7 -61.6 27 10.8 -51.0 242 66 313.8 313.8 286.7 314.0 0.03 16 250 10142 -52.2 -70.3 10 18.1 -52.5 251 71 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.5 0.01 17 200 11588 -51.3 -77.8 3 26.6 -51.7 259 64 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.00 18 150 13453 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 253 58 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16057 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 259 41 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5383.20 m Freezing level: 900.11 mb = 931.99 m = 3057.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 902.02 mb = 914.89 m = 3001.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.76 % Est. max temperature: 11.00 C = 51.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.43 mb = 273.08 m = 895.91 ft T: 5.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 3.49 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.81 mb = 678.71 m = 2226.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.71 C = 44.07 F Cap Strength: 7.73 C Lifted Index: 8.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.37 C Showalter Index: 8.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 19.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 68.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.62 mb = 680.34 m = 2232.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.62 mb = 723.90 m = 2374.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 863.62 mb = 1262.28 m = 4141.30 ft B at Equ Level: 11.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 823.62 mb = 1639.47 m = 5378.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 139.64 m/s