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: 41.9,-88.5 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 979 251 5.3 4.7 96 0.6 5.0 301 6 280.1 281.1 279.1 295.1 5.47 2 950 498 3.2 2.9 98 0.3 3.0 308 10 280.4 281.2 278.6 294.0 4.95 3 900 934 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.3 275 12 281.4 282.1 278.1 292.9 4.12 4 850 1389 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 275 16 282.9 283.5 278.0 292.8 3.49 5 800 1866 -5.7 -6.2 96 0.5 -5.9 274 13 285.1 285.6 278.5 293.7 3.01 6 750 2370 -7.7 -8.2 96 0.5 -7.9 271 17 288.2 288.7 279.6 296.2 2.74 7 700 2905 -9.7 -10.4 95 0.7 -9.9 260 23 291.7 292.2 280.9 299.1 2.47 8 650 3473 -13.5 -14.0 96 0.5 -13.6 248 26 293.7 294.1 281.2 299.8 1.99 9 600 4079 -16.5 -19.9 75 3.4 -17.4 243 33 297.0 297.2 281.8 301.1 1.31 10 550 4726 -22.2 -26.0 71 3.8 -22.9 238 34 297.7 297.9 281.5 300.4 0.83 11 500 5418 -27.3 -37.9 36 10.6 -28.5 236 33 299.7 299.8 281.7 300.7 0.29 12 450 6168 -32.9 -47.1 23 14.3 -33.8 240 47 301.9 301.9 282.3 302.4 0.12 13 400 6985 -38.8 -52.2 23 13.4 -39.4 227 69 304.6 304.6 283.4 304.9 0.08 14 350 7889 -44.6 -59.9 16 15.3 -45.0 226 66 308.6 308.6 284.8 308.7 0.03 15 300 8910 -48.5 -65.3 13 16.8 -48.8 237 61 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.1 0.02 16 250 10105 -49.7 -72.0 6 22.3 -50.1 245 64 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.01 17 200 11561 -50.1 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.6 255 63 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.00 18 150 13434 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 256 55 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16049 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 264 42 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5337.38 m Freezing level: 902.00 mb = 916.33 m = 3006.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 904.16 mb = 896.58 m = 2941.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.04 % Est. max temperature: 8.95 C = 48.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.20 mb = 327.12 m = 1073.20 ft T: 4.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 2.38 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.93 mb = 722.31 m = 2369.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.08 C = 42.95 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: 6.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: 6.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 20.08 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.15 mb = 720.35 m = 2363.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.15 mb = 764.08 m = 2506.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 819.15 mb = 1680.09 m = 5512.05 ft B at Equ Level: 15.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 759.15 mb = 2275.71 m = 7466.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: -11.7 tot: 6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 57.37 m/s