MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511081800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511081800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 8 NOV 25 Station: 42.0,-87.9 Latitude: 42.00 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 100 SFC 987 205 7.7 4.0 77 3.7 5.9 55 7 281.9 282.8 279.7 296.2 5.16 2 950 520 4.3 3.2 92 1.1 3.8 58 9 281.6 282.4 279.4 295.6 5.07 3 900 956 0.3 0.0 98 0.3 0.2 62 9 281.8 282.5 278.4 293.7 4.25 4 850 1413 -2.4 -2.7 98 0.3 -2.5 296 0 283.7 284.3 278.7 294.1 3.70 5 800 1892 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -5.0 270 10 286.0 286.6 279.3 295.4 3.26 6 750 2400 -4.4 -14.9 44 10.5 -7.6 277 20 291.8 292.1 279.8 296.7 1.60 7 700 2941 -6.6 -13.0 60 6.4 -8.7 272 24 295.2 295.5 281.9 301.3 2.00 8 650 3516 -9.8 -11.8 85 2.0 -10.5 262 25 297.9 298.3 283.4 305.1 2.37 9 600 4129 -13.4 -15.3 85 2.0 -14.0 255 24 300.6 301.0 284.1 306.7 1.93 10 550 4786 -17.6 -19.7 84 2.1 -18.1 252 31 303.2 303.4 284.5 307.8 1.46 11 500 5493 -22.4 -24.7 81 2.4 -22.8 256 34 305.8 305.9 285.0 309.1 1.03 12 450 6259 -27.6 -30.3 78 2.7 -28.0 255 32 308.5 308.7 285.6 310.9 0.69 13 400 7093 -34.4 -37.6 73 3.1 -34.7 253 31 310.2 310.3 285.9 311.6 0.38 14 350 8010 -42.1 -45.6 69 3.5 -42.3 240 35 311.9 311.9 286.2 312.6 0.18 15 300 9035 -50.6 -55.9 53 5.3 -50.8 230 44 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.3 0.07 16 250 10199 -56.7 -64.6 36 7.9 -56.8 242 51 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.03 17 200 11619 -53.4 -77.7 4 24.3 -53.8 255 60 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.00 18 150 13477 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 257 49 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16072 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 254 37 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5393.00 m Freezing level: 894.32 mb = 1008.35 m = 3308.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 896.37 mb = 988.72 m = 3243.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.54 % Est. max temperature: 10.06 C = 50.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.28 mb = 671.77 m = 2203.94 ft T: 2.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.53 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 789.87 m = 2591.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.56 C = 45.61 F Cap Strength: 9.00 C Lifted Index: 10.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.81 C Showalter Index: 10.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 10.92 Risk: None Sweat Index: 35.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.33 mb = 793.61 m = 2603.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.33 mb = 837.73 m = 2748.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 823.33 mb = 1664.59 m = 5461.17 ft B at Equ Level: 11.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.33 mb = 2158.79 m = 7082.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.3 neg: -14.2 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 109.18 m/s