MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 80 SFC 983 222 5.7 5.0 95 0.8 5.4 278 6 280.3 281.2 279.3 295.5 5.55 2 950 497 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.2 278 11 280.5 281.4 278.8 294.3 5.00 3 900 933 -0.3 -0.7 97 0.4 -0.4 269 15 281.2 281.9 277.9 292.5 4.03 4 850 1388 -2.8 -3.3 97 0.4 -3.0 265 17 283.2 283.8 278.2 293.2 3.53 5 800 1866 -5.2 -5.5 98 0.3 -5.3 261 16 285.6 286.1 278.9 294.7 3.17 6 750 2371 -7.1 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.2 264 22 288.9 289.4 280.1 297.4 2.91 7 700 2907 -9.2 -9.6 97 0.4 -9.4 256 26 292.3 292.8 281.4 300.1 2.64 8 650 3476 -13.1 -14.1 92 1.0 -13.4 244 30 294.1 294.5 281.4 300.1 1.97 9 600 4083 -16.3 -19.9 73 3.7 -17.1 244 35 297.3 297.5 281.9 301.4 1.31 10 550 4731 -21.7 -24.6 77 2.9 -22.2 236 36 298.4 298.5 281.9 301.4 0.95 11 500 5424 -27.5 -35.4 47 7.9 -28.4 231 37 299.5 299.6 281.7 300.8 0.37 12 450 6174 -32.5 -50.1 16 17.6 -33.6 240 54 302.3 302.4 282.4 302.7 0.09 13 400 6993 -38.4 -44.2 54 5.8 -38.8 222 83 305.1 305.1 283.7 305.8 0.19 14 350 7897 -44.4 -57.1 23 12.7 -44.8 221 74 308.8 308.8 284.9 309.0 0.05 15 300 8919 -48.6 -65.2 13 16.6 -49.0 235 66 316.8 316.8 287.7 316.9 0.02 16 250 10111 -50.1 -71.6 6 21.5 -50.4 245 69 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.01 17 200 11566 -50.4 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.8 254 65 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.00 18 150 13439 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 254 56 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16052 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.8 264 43 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5344.05 m Freezing level: 903.90 mb = 898.68 m = 2948.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 906.18 mb = 877.57 m = 2879.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.44 % Est. max temperature: 9.43 C = 48.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.33 mb = 316.61 m = 1038.75 ft T: 4.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 3.04 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.37 mb = 700.09 m = 2296.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.32 C = 43.37 F Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lifted Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.98 C Showalter Index: 6.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 21.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 70.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.45 mb = 699.40 m = 2294.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.45 mb = 742.99 m = 2437.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 831.45 mb = 1562.02 m = 5124.68 ft B at Equ Level: 11.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 781.45 mb = 2049.85 m = 6725.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -2.5 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 53.49 m/s