MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511081200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511081200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 10 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 183 SFC 1000 184 -1.2 -2.8 88 1.7 -1.8 344 18 272.0 272.5 271.4 280.4 3.09 2 950 588 -5.2 -6.2 92 1.1 -5.5 347 30 271.9 272.4 270.4 278.8 2.52 3 900 1011 -7.3 -8.7 89 1.5 -7.7 4 33 274.0 274.4 271.2 280.1 2.19 4 850 1454 -10.1 -12.0 86 1.9 -10.6 16 33 275.5 275.8 271.5 280.6 1.79 5 800 1918 -13.5 -16.2 80 2.7 -14.2 21 32 276.7 277.0 271.5 280.6 1.35 6 750 2405 -17.3 -21.6 69 4.4 -18.1 15 31 277.8 278.0 271.4 280.5 0.90 7 700 2917 -21.9 -25.8 71 3.9 -22.5 2 29 278.3 278.4 271.3 280.3 0.67 8 650 3457 -26.2 -29.2 76 3.0 -26.5 3 27 279.4 279.5 271.7 281.0 0.52 9 600 4031 -30.6 -34.2 70 3.6 -30.9 9 25 280.8 280.8 272.2 281.9 0.35 10 550 4643 -35.4 -39.3 67 3.9 -35.7 10 21 282.0 282.1 272.8 282.8 0.23 11 500 5297 -41.3 -46.7 56 5.4 -41.5 2 25 282.7 282.7 272.9 283.1 0.11 12 450 6007 -43.8 -54.0 32 10.2 -44.1 13 36 288.2 288.2 275.8 288.4 0.06 13 400 6795 -45.2 -59.1 20 13.9 -45.6 13 40 296.2 296.2 279.7 296.3 0.03 14 350 7683 -45.7 -63.5 12 17.8 -46.2 10 39 307.1 307.1 284.2 307.1 0.02 15 300 8709 -45.5 -68.5 6 23.0 -46.0 8 32 321.2 321.2 289.1 321.2 0.01 16 250 9924 -45.8 -73.7 3 27.9 -46.4 355 26 337.9 337.9 293.8 337.9 0.01 17 200 11404 -46.9 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.6 337 19 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13297 -49.6 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.3 296 18 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 19 100 15929 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 276 16 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5113.95 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.50 % Est. max temperature: 2.36 C = 36.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.83 mb = 392.36 m = 1287.27 ft T: -3.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 1.55 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 836.49 m = 2744.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.01 C = 32.01 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 60.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.16 C Cross Totals Index: 29.29 C K Index: 15.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17735.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.88 mb = 755.62 m = 2479.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 7.5 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 37.5 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.0 neg: -40.2 tot: 100.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 13.87 m/s