MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511061200F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 89 SFC 980 250 1.6 0.3 91 1.3 1.1 317 13 276.3 277.0 275.2 287.2 3.99 2 950 502 -0.7 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 327 24 276.5 277.1 274.9 286.7 3.73 3 900 933 -1.4 -1.8 97 0.4 -1.6 346 22 280.1 280.7 276.9 290.4 3.73 4 850 1387 -3.6 -5.0 90 1.4 -4.1 334 22 282.4 282.9 277.3 291.2 3.10 5 800 1864 -5.8 -9.2 77 3.4 -7.0 325 20 284.9 285.3 277.6 291.8 2.37 6 750 2367 -8.1 -11.7 75 3.6 -9.2 319 18 287.7 288.1 278.6 293.9 2.07 7 700 2900 -10.8 -13.8 78 3.0 -11.6 307 24 290.6 290.9 279.7 296.2 1.88 8 650 3466 -14.6 -17.0 82 2.4 -15.2 290 26 292.5 292.7 280.1 297.2 1.56 9 600 4067 -18.5 -20.7 82 2.3 -19.0 275 26 294.8 295.0 280.7 298.6 1.22 10 550 4711 -23.1 -25.7 79 2.6 -23.5 267 27 296.7 296.9 281.1 299.4 0.86 11 500 5400 -28.8 -30.6 84 1.8 -29.0 270 29 297.9 298.1 281.3 299.9 0.60 12 450 6143 -35.2 -36.6 87 1.4 -35.3 268 29 299.0 299.1 281.4 300.3 0.37 13 400 6954 -40.0 -49.7 35 9.7 -40.5 264 34 303.0 303.0 282.7 303.3 0.10 14 350 7855 -44.9 -58.4 21 13.5 -45.3 266 35 308.1 308.1 284.7 308.3 0.04 15 300 8879 -47.2 -66.6 9 19.4 -47.7 261 41 318.8 318.8 288.3 318.8 0.02 16 250 10079 -48.8 -72.4 5 23.7 -49.2 254 51 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.6 0.01 17 200 11541 -49.3 -79.1 2 29.8 -49.8 256 57 354.7 354.7 297.6 354.7 0.00 18 150 13418 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 255 56 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16034 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 262 41 421.9 421.9 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5310.64 m Freezing level: 959.33 mb = 423.99 m = 1391.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 963.45 mb = 388.75 m = 1275.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.48 % Est. max temperature: 8.62 C = 47.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.96 mb = 409.58 m = 1343.75 ft T: 0.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.55 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1037.34 m = 3403.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.85 C = 42.53 F Cap Strength: 8.25 C Lifted Index: 8.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.87 C Showalter Index: 6.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 17.19 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17447.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.34 mb = 746.25 m = 2448.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.9 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 323.9 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -16.2 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 25.02 m/s