MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511080000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511080000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 9 NOV 25 Station: 41.8,-87.9 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 986 203 4.4 3.2 92 1.2 3.8 22 15 278.7 279.5 277.7 292.0 4.88 2 950 500 1.6 1.3 98 0.3 1.4 25 27 278.8 279.5 277.1 290.9 4.41 3 900 933 -1.5 -1.8 98 0.3 -1.6 36 31 280.0 280.6 276.8 290.3 3.72 4 850 1386 -3.9 -4.1 98 0.3 -4.0 47 23 282.1 282.7 277.4 291.4 3.31 5 800 1863 -5.7 -6.0 98 0.3 -5.8 56 14 285.1 285.6 278.6 293.9 3.06 6 750 2368 -7.2 -7.8 95 0.7 -7.4 78 1 288.8 289.3 280.0 297.1 2.82 7 700 2904 -8.9 -10.2 90 1.3 -9.4 265 12 292.7 293.1 281.4 300.2 2.51 8 650 3475 -11.6 -13.6 85 2.0 -12.2 251 18 295.8 296.2 282.3 302.1 2.06 9 600 4084 -15.7 -18.7 77 3.1 -16.4 243 21 298.0 298.3 282.4 302.5 1.45 10 550 4734 -20.6 -25.8 63 5.2 -21.6 227 22 299.7 299.8 282.3 302.4 0.85 11 500 5430 -25.9 -31.9 57 5.9 -26.8 238 23 301.4 301.5 282.7 303.2 0.53 12 450 6184 -31.5 -35.1 70 3.6 -31.9 244 32 303.6 303.7 283.4 305.1 0.43 13 400 7006 -38.1 -41.4 71 3.3 -38.3 220 41 305.5 305.6 284.0 306.4 0.26 14 350 7907 -46.7 -50.4 66 3.7 -46.9 214 52 305.7 305.7 283.8 306.1 0.11 15 300 8913 -51.5 -60.3 34 8.8 -51.7 240 46 312.7 312.7 286.4 312.9 0.04 16 250 10098 -50.2 -71.2 7 21.0 -50.6 251 50 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.4 0.01 17 200 11556 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.3 254 54 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.00 18 150 13430 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 255 51 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16046 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.5 261 47 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5345.42 m Freezing level: 924.33 mb = 722.37 m = 2369.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 926.60 mb = 699.81 m = 2295.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.06 % Est. max temperature: 8.62 C = 47.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.47 mb = 352.75 m = 1157.29 ft T: 2.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 1.72 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 683.25 m = 2241.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.98 C = 40.96 F Cap Strength: 8.98 C Lifted Index: 9.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.14 C Showalter Index: 9.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 16.61 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.35 mb = 684.66 m = 2246.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.35 mb = 727.93 m = 2388.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 873.35 mb = 1171.48 m = 3843.38 ft B at Equ Level: 8.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 823.35 mb = 1636.80 m = 5370.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.4 neg: -65.5 tot: 157.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 191.66 m/s