MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511071200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511071200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 8 NOV 25 Station: 41.6,-87.8 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -87.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 987 205 7.2 4.8 85 2.4 6.0 26 5 281.4 282.4 279.8 296.5 5.47 2 950 515 3.9 3.5 97 0.4 3.7 37 7 281.2 282.1 279.3 295.5 5.18 3 900 952 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.8 80 6 282.4 283.2 279.0 294.8 4.44 4 850 1410 -1.6 -2.0 97 0.4 -1.8 229 6 284.5 285.2 279.3 295.5 3.88 5 800 1889 -3.3 -10.0 60 6.7 -5.6 278 13 287.6 288.0 278.7 294.2 2.23 6 750 2401 -2.5 -16.4 34 13.8 -6.8 284 21 293.8 294.1 280.6 298.2 1.42 7 700 2946 -4.7 -14.8 45 10.1 -7.9 279 24 297.3 297.6 282.4 302.7 1.73 8 650 3526 -6.9 -25.5 21 18.6 -11.3 282 24 301.2 301.3 282.8 303.6 0.74 9 600 4146 -10.4 -23.4 33 13.1 -13.6 276 28 304.1 304.3 284.3 307.3 0.96 10 550 4810 -15.4 -18.4 78 3.0 -16.3 262 36 305.8 306.1 285.7 311.0 1.63 11 500 5520 -21.1 -23.6 81 2.4 -21.7 249 46 307.3 307.5 285.7 311.0 1.14 12 450 6290 -26.2 -28.8 79 2.5 -26.7 248 52 310.2 310.4 286.4 312.9 0.79 13 400 7130 -32.8 -35.7 75 2.9 -33.1 251 55 312.4 312.5 286.7 314.0 0.46 14 350 8053 -41.0 -44.4 70 3.4 -41.2 248 51 313.4 313.5 286.8 314.2 0.21 15 300 9079 -51.1 -54.5 67 3.4 -51.1 243 51 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.7 0.08 16 250 10244 -56.5 -64.2 37 7.7 -56.6 255 57 322.1 322.1 289.4 322.2 0.03 17 200 11658 -55.4 -75.5 6 20.1 -55.7 257 61 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 13501 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 266 53 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16089 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 264 32 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5424.52 m Freezing level: 882.11 mb = 1115.81 m = 3660.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 885.07 mb = 1086.00 m = 3562.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.51 % Est. max temperature: 11.05 C = 51.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.48 mb = 502.24 m = 1647.74 ft T: 4.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 1.71 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 730.56 m = 2396.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.57 C = 45.63 F Cap Strength: 10.87 C Lifted Index: 11.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.45 C Showalter Index: 11.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 7.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.56 mb = 725.68 m = 2380.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.56 mb = 769.47 m = 2524.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.56 mb = 1218.39 m = 3997.30 ft B at Equ Level: 7.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 820.56 mb = 1688.55 m = 5539.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 108.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 115.15 m/s