MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511070000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511070000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 7 NOV 25 Station: 41.5,-88.6 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 980 192 8.0 7.4 96 0.6 7.6 201 9 282.7 283.8 281.7 300.8 6.57 2 950 452 6.8 6.6 99 0.2 6.8 208 22 284.1 285.2 282.2 302.1 6.46 3 900 900 10.5 10.2 98 0.3 10.3 228 52 292.4 293.9 287.8 317.2 8.73 4 850 1376 9.1 8.9 99 0.1 9.0 247 55 295.7 297.2 288.8 320.1 8.46 5 800 1876 6.1 5.8 98 0.3 5.9 262 45 297.6 298.9 288.3 318.8 7.23 6 750 2403 3.3 2.9 97 0.5 3.1 258 36 300.2 301.3 288.3 318.9 6.28 7 700 2960 0.1 -1.3 90 1.5 -0.6 250 37 302.6 303.6 288.0 317.7 4.97 8 650 3550 -3.3 -5.5 84 2.3 -4.3 253 41 305.3 306.0 287.9 317.3 3.89 9 600 4178 -7.7 -11.4 75 3.7 -9.1 255 47 307.2 307.7 287.3 315.6 2.66 10 550 4848 -12.4 -15.1 80 2.7 -13.3 252 51 309.4 309.8 287.5 316.3 2.15 11 500 5570 -17.0 -19.6 80 2.6 -17.7 244 55 312.3 312.6 287.9 317.6 1.62 12 450 6352 -22.4 -25.5 76 3.1 -23.1 237 57 315.0 315.3 288.3 318.7 1.07 13 400 7205 -29.3 -33.9 64 4.6 -30.0 233 65 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.8 0.54 14 350 8142 -37.0 -44.5 46 7.4 -37.6 235 80 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.6 0.21 15 300 9190 -44.9 -50.4 54 5.5 -45.2 246 86 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.6 0.13 16 250 10385 -53.3 -59.0 50 5.7 -53.4 253 93 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.05 17 200 11802 -56.8 -73.6 10 16.8 -57.0 261 89 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.8 0.01 18 150 13623 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 264 66 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16168 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 269 49 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5541.29 m Freezing level: 697.89 mb = 2984.88 m = 9792.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.79 mb = 2870.55 m = 9417.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.98 % Est. max temperature: 21.59 C = 70.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.39 mb = 268.15 m = 879.73 ft T: 7.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 3.31 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 980.39 mb = 192.12 m = 630.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.27 C = 48.69 F Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lifted Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 33.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10280.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.53 mb = 659.16 m = 2162.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 609.5 neg: -34.9 tot: 574.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.6 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 119.44 m/s