MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511081200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511081200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 8 NOV 25 Station: 41.7,-88.9 Latitude: 41.70 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 95 SFC 982 245 6.2 4.4 88 1.8 5.3 38 7 280.8 281.7 279.3 295.5 5.32 2 950 514 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.2 46 12 280.6 281.4 278.8 294.4 5.01 3 900 951 1.5 1.2 98 0.3 1.4 102 13 283.1 283.9 279.6 296.0 4.64 4 850 1410 -0.7 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 189 9 285.4 286.1 280.1 297.3 4.19 5 800 1891 -3.6 -6.1 83 2.5 -4.6 259 10 287.3 287.8 279.6 296.1 3.02 6 750 2401 -3.3 -14.9 40 11.6 -7.0 285 21 293.0 293.3 280.4 297.9 1.60 7 700 2946 -4.3 -16.9 37 12.6 -8.1 290 28 297.8 298.0 282.3 302.3 1.46 8 650 3527 -7.4 -21.7 31 14.3 -11.2 286 28 300.6 300.8 283.0 303.9 1.04 9 600 4144 -12.2 -15.0 80 2.8 -13.0 275 25 302.0 302.3 284.7 308.2 1.99 10 550 4803 -16.8 -19.2 82 2.4 -17.4 261 27 304.1 304.4 284.9 309.0 1.52 11 500 5511 -21.6 -24.3 78 2.8 -22.2 264 31 306.7 306.9 285.4 310.2 1.07 12 450 6279 -27.1 -30.3 74 3.2 -27.6 257 35 309.1 309.3 285.8 311.5 0.68 13 400 7116 -33.7 -37.1 71 3.5 -34.0 250 37 311.3 311.3 286.2 312.6 0.39 14 350 8036 -41.5 -45.3 67 3.7 -41.8 246 35 312.7 312.7 286.5 313.4 0.19 15 300 9061 -50.3 -54.4 62 4.1 -50.4 248 44 314.4 314.4 287.0 314.7 0.08 16 250 10229 -56.8 -64.1 39 7.3 -56.9 253 51 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.7 0.03 17 200 11649 -53.3 -77.6 4 24.3 -53.7 255 59 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.00 18 150 13504 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 262 44 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16086 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 266 43 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5416.02 m Freezing level: 866.22 mb = 1260.99 m = 4137.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 869.29 mb = 1229.64 m = 4034.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.60 % Est. max temperature: 11.43 C = 52.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.39 mb = 475.99 m = 1561.63 ft T: 3.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 794.43 m = 2606.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.55 C = 45.59 F Cap Strength: 9.58 C Lifted Index: 10.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.95 C Showalter Index: 9.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 7.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 49.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14768.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.84 mb = 748.21 m = 2454.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.0 neg: -14.5 tot: 219.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 133.14 m/s