MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511071200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511071200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 8 NOV 25 Station: 41.0,-88.9 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 984 206 8.9 4.2 73 4.7 6.5 349 7 283.3 284.2 280.4 298.0 5.25 2 950 497 6.5 2.1 73 4.4 4.4 357 14 283.8 284.6 280.0 296.9 4.68 3 900 938 2.9 0.8 87 2.0 2.0 354 10 284.5 285.2 280.1 297.2 4.52 4 850 1397 -0.9 -1.4 96 0.5 -1.2 312 11 285.2 285.9 279.8 296.7 4.05 5 800 1882 0.2 -5.3 67 5.5 -2.0 289 23 291.4 291.9 281.7 300.8 3.22 6 750 2399 -0.2 -11.7 41 11.5 -4.3 290 28 296.4 296.7 282.5 302.7 2.07 7 700 2949 -2.4 -16.3 34 13.8 -6.8 286 32 299.8 300.1 283.2 304.6 1.53 8 650 3532 -6.1 -19.0 35 12.9 -9.9 278 34 302.1 302.3 283.9 306.3 1.31 9 600 4155 -9.0 -26.6 23 17.5 -13.2 283 36 305.7 305.8 284.6 308.1 0.73 10 550 4821 -14.1 -34.9 15 20.8 -17.7 288 37 307.4 307.5 284.8 308.6 0.36 11 500 5535 -20.1 -37.6 19 17.6 -22.5 285 37 308.6 308.6 285.2 309.7 0.30 12 450 6307 -26.0 -43.0 19 17.0 -27.8 279 38 310.6 310.6 285.8 311.2 0.19 13 400 7147 -32.7 -47.9 21 15.2 -33.8 273 41 312.5 312.5 286.4 312.9 0.13 14 350 8070 -40.6 -51.6 30 11.0 -41.2 273 42 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.3 0.09 15 300 9104 -47.9 -59.6 25 11.7 -48.3 262 41 317.8 317.8 288.1 318.0 0.04 16 250 10286 -54.2 -68.2 16 14.0 -54.4 258 43 325.5 325.5 290.4 325.5 0.02 17 200 11706 -55.7 -75.0 7 19.3 -56.0 267 54 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.01 18 150 13544 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 267 57 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16118 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.7 266 47 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5460.56 m Freezing level: 862.10 mb = 1286.03 m = 4219.22 ft Freezing level: 808.77 mb = 1797.25 m = 5896.42 ft Freezing level: 775.71 mb = 2133.21 m = 6998.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 868.55 mb = 1223.67 m = 4014.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.24 % Est. max temperature: 12.63 C = 54.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.59 mb = 788.92 m = 2588.29 ft T: 4.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 1.02 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.51 mb = 1168.67 m = 3834.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.39 C = 50.69 F Cap Strength: 10.99 C Lifted Index: 10.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.65 C Showalter Index: 11.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.14 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 3.86 Risk: None Sweat Index: 59.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14083.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.13 mb = 1071.67 m = 3515.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.9 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 318.9 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 5.4 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.5 neg: -29.0 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 88.68 m/s