MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511081800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511081800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 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 96 SFC 987 205 6.5 3.9 83 2.6 5.2 71 7 280.7 281.6 279.0 294.8 5.11 2 950 514 3.2 2.6 96 0.6 2.9 76 10 280.4 281.2 278.5 293.8 4.86 3 900 950 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.2 88 10 281.4 282.1 278.1 292.9 4.13 4 850 1405 -2.4 -2.7 98 0.3 -2.5 246 2 283.7 284.3 278.7 294.1 3.69 5 800 1885 -4.9 -5.3 97 0.4 -5.0 266 16 285.9 286.5 279.2 295.2 3.23 6 750 2393 -4.6 -8.0 77 3.4 -5.8 267 26 291.6 292.1 281.3 299.8 2.78 7 700 2933 -7.1 -9.4 84 2.3 -7.9 268 31 294.6 295.1 282.4 302.6 2.67 8 650 3507 -10.4 -12.6 84 2.2 -11.1 266 34 297.2 297.6 283.0 304.0 2.23 9 600 4119 -14.6 -16.5 85 2.0 -15.1 264 33 299.3 299.6 283.3 304.7 1.75 10 550 4772 -18.8 -21.0 83 2.2 -19.3 265 35 301.8 302.0 283.8 305.9 1.30 11 500 5475 -23.3 -26.2 78 2.8 -23.9 266 36 304.6 304.7 284.4 307.5 0.90 12 450 6238 -28.7 -32.5 70 3.8 -29.2 261 34 307.1 307.2 284.9 309.0 0.55 13 400 7069 -35.6 -38.7 73 3.1 -35.9 248 31 308.7 308.7 285.2 309.8 0.33 14 350 7980 -44.0 -46.9 73 2.9 -44.1 240 34 309.4 309.5 285.3 310.0 0.16 15 300 8996 -51.4 -56.5 55 5.1 -51.5 240 41 312.9 312.9 286.4 313.1 0.06 16 250 10167 -55.0 -66.8 22 11.7 -55.2 250 51 324.3 324.3 290.0 324.3 0.02 17 200 11596 -52.3 -76.8 4 24.5 -52.7 253 58 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13453 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 251 55 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16056 -56.4 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 266 37 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5379.65 m Freezing level: 901.66 mb = 935.18 m = 3068.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 903.46 mb = 918.81 m = 3014.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.08 % Est. max temperature: 10.02 C = 50.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.79 mb = 532.95 m = 1748.50 ft T: 3.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 1.89 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.73 mb = 740.05 m = 2427.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.71 C = 44.07 F Cap Strength: 8.76 C Lifted Index: 10.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.11 C Showalter Index: 9.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 15.99 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 40.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.17 mb = 736.24 m = 2415.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.17 mb = 779.94 m = 2558.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 869.17 mb = 1227.48 m = 4027.12 ft B at Equ Level: 6.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 819.17 mb = 1697.47 m = 5569.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.6 neg: -17.9 tot: 149.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 158.07 m/s