MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511110600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511110600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 6.9 4.4 84 2.5 5.6 278 23 281.2 282.1 279.5 295.9 5.31 2 950 470 3.1 1.3 88 1.8 2.3 283 29 280.3 281.1 277.9 292.6 4.43 3 900 907 2.0 -0.6 83 2.6 0.8 299 35 283.6 284.3 279.1 295.0 4.06 4 850 1365 -1.2 -2.6 91 1.3 -1.8 300 32 284.8 285.5 279.3 295.4 3.72 5 800 1848 -1.2 -6.5 67 5.2 -3.3 294 34 289.9 290.4 280.7 298.5 2.95 6 750 2360 -2.9 -11.6 51 8.7 -5.9 291 41 293.5 293.8 281.3 299.8 2.10 7 700 2905 -4.4 -17.4 36 13.0 -8.3 289 47 297.6 297.8 282.1 302.0 1.40 8 650 3486 -6.7 -20.1 34 13.4 -10.5 291 53 301.3 301.6 283.5 305.2 1.19 9 600 4105 -11.0 -22.1 40 11.1 -13.8 290 56 303.4 303.6 284.1 306.9 1.09 10 550 4768 -15.7 -25.9 41 10.2 -17.9 293 60 305.5 305.6 284.7 308.3 0.84 11 500 5480 -19.3 -39.5 15 20.1 -22.1 289 71 309.5 309.5 285.4 310.3 0.25 12 450 6254 -24.7 -37.5 29 12.8 -26.4 288 78 312.2 312.3 286.5 313.4 0.34 13 400 7100 -31.0 -41.4 35 10.4 -32.0 290 89 314.7 314.8 287.3 315.6 0.25 14 350 8032 -38.1 -51.5 23 13.4 -38.8 291 94 317.4 317.4 288.0 317.8 0.10 15 300 9075 -45.3 -57.2 25 11.9 -45.7 293 98 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.7 0.06 16 250 10279 -48.6 -64.4 14 15.9 -49.0 290 98 333.8 333.8 292.8 333.9 0.03 17 200 11733 -51.7 -74.8 5 23.1 -52.1 286 78 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13591 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 299 60 375.9 375.9 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16116 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 288 56 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5426.61 m Freezing level: 869.29 mb = 1188.26 m = 3898.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 884.07 mb = 1050.08 m = 3445.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.07 % Est. max temperature: 11.92 C = 53.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.11 mb = 486.25 m = 1595.28 ft T: 3.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.29 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1179.32 m = 3869.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.94 C = 49.90 F Cap Strength: 11.55 C Lifted Index: 13.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.51 C Showalter Index: 12.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.09 C Cross Totals Index: 16.77 C K Index: 2.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16048.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.87 mb = 881.29 m = 2891.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 49.8 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 37.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.4 neg: -11.3 tot: 136.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 66.34 m/s