MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511110600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511110600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 12 NOV 25 Station: 42.1,-87.0 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -87.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 985 177 6.5 2.4 75 4.1 4.6 252 23 280.8 281.6 278.4 293.6 4.62 2 950 469 2.7 -1.2 76 3.9 1.0 256 28 279.9 280.5 276.7 290.2 3.68 3 900 905 0.4 -2.2 83 2.6 -0.6 289 36 282.0 282.6 277.7 292.1 3.62 4 850 1362 -0.1 -0.5 97 0.4 -0.3 290 29 286.0 286.8 280.6 298.3 4.33 5 800 1848 0.4 -7.4 56 7.8 -2.6 287 35 291.6 292.0 281.2 299.7 2.74 6 750 2364 -1.3 -14.5 36 13.1 -5.7 291 40 295.1 295.4 281.4 300.2 1.66 7 700 2911 -3.5 -17.5 33 14.0 -7.8 289 46 298.6 298.9 282.5 303.0 1.38 8 650 3493 -6.0 -25.2 20 19.2 -10.8 284 49 302.2 302.3 283.2 304.7 0.76 9 600 4115 -9.8 -33.1 13 23.3 -14.3 284 54 304.8 304.8 283.8 306.1 0.39 10 550 4780 -14.2 -27.8 31 13.6 -17.1 288 54 307.2 307.4 285.2 309.6 0.71 11 500 5495 -19.1 -28.5 43 9.4 -21.0 293 62 309.7 309.9 286.1 312.2 0.73 12 450 6271 -24.0 -37.6 27 13.6 -25.8 285 70 313.1 313.1 286.8 314.3 0.33 13 400 7119 -30.4 -41.5 33 11.0 -31.6 289 71 315.4 315.5 287.5 316.3 0.25 14 350 8054 -37.5 -43.9 51 6.4 -37.9 292 88 318.2 318.3 288.4 319.0 0.22 15 300 9098 -46.1 -52.4 49 6.2 -46.4 290 88 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.10 16 250 10291 -50.5 -61.2 27 10.7 -50.8 291 91 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.04 17 200 11745 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 294 71 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13600 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.8 302 63 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16108 -64.1 -87.4 3 23.3 -64.3 295 54 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5442.26 m Freezing level: 862.22 mb = 1250.47 m = 4102.56 ft Freezing level: 836.68 mb = 1491.70 m = 4893.97 ft Freezing level: 788.86 mb = 1963.08 m = 6440.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 919.04 mb = 736.28 m = 2415.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.54 % Est. max temperature: 13.23 C = 55.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.27 mb = 681.81 m = 2236.89 ft T: 1.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 3.47 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.42 mb = 3404.07 m = 11168.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 14.79 C Lifted Index: 15.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.00 C Showalter Index: 11.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.99 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 4.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 119.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16393.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.93 mb = 1022.01 m = 3353.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.6 neg: -26.3 tot: 168.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 86.17 m/s