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: 41.9,-87.7 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -87.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 989 185 7.7 4.9 82 2.8 6.3 57 10 281.8 282.7 280.0 297.0 5.49 2 950 513 4.1 3.6 97 0.5 3.8 59 12 281.3 282.2 279.4 295.7 5.21 3 900 950 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.5 64 10 282.2 282.9 278.8 294.4 4.36 4 850 1407 -1.9 -2.4 96 0.5 -2.1 250 2 284.2 284.8 279.0 294.8 3.76 5 800 1887 -5.1 -5.8 95 0.7 -5.4 264 13 285.7 286.3 278.9 294.7 3.10 6 750 2393 -3.7 -19.1 29 15.4 -7.9 282 22 292.6 292.8 279.6 296.1 1.12 7 700 2937 -4.5 -18.7 32 14.1 -8.6 282 22 297.5 297.7 281.9 301.4 1.25 8 650 3518 -6.5 -25.7 20 19.2 -11.1 282 23 301.6 301.7 283.0 304.0 0.72 9 600 4139 -10.3 -25.4 28 15.1 -13.8 278 25 304.2 304.4 284.1 306.9 0.81 10 550 4802 -15.9 -22.3 58 6.4 -17.4 268 30 305.3 305.5 284.9 309.1 1.17 11 500 5511 -21.2 -25.4 69 4.2 -22.0 261 37 307.2 307.4 285.5 310.4 0.97 12 450 6280 -26.8 -30.2 73 3.4 -27.3 260 40 309.5 309.6 286.0 311.9 0.69 13 400 7118 -33.5 -37.6 67 4.1 -34.0 253 43 311.4 311.5 286.3 312.7 0.38 14 350 8038 -41.5 -46.7 57 5.2 -41.8 248 38 312.8 312.9 286.5 313.4 0.16 15 300 9064 -50.2 -53.7 67 3.5 -50.3 249 47 314.6 314.6 287.1 314.9 0.09 16 250 10229 -57.7 -64.0 45 6.2 -57.8 250 55 320.2 320.2 288.8 320.3 0.03 17 200 11645 -53.3 -76.1 5 22.8 -53.7 253 59 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13495 -53.7 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 257 47 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16080 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 263 43 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5417.68 m Freezing level: 887.20 mb = 1067.08 m = 3500.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 890.18 mb = 1037.85 m = 3404.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.55 % Est. max temperature: 10.45 C = 50.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.13 mb = 537.63 m = 1763.84 ft T: 3.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 2.60 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 715.10 m = 2346.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.68 C = 45.82 F Cap Strength: 10.76 C Lifted Index: 11.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.58 C Showalter Index: 11.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.76 C K Index: 2.72 Risk: None Sweat Index: 40.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.17 mb = 718.49 m = 2357.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.17 mb = 762.25 m = 2500.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 791.17 mb = 1973.66 m = 6475.17 ft B at Equ Level: 10.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 771.17 mb = 2174.62 m = 7134.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.5 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 303.5 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: -14.1 tot: 79.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 131.78 m/s