MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511110600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511110600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z FRI 14 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 154 SFC 997 176 6.8 6.4 98 0.3 6.6 150 10 280.1 281.2 279.8 296.7 6.06 2 950 577 9.7 2.0 58 7.8 5.9 154 17 287.1 287.9 281.4 300.3 4.64 3 900 1025 8.8 -0.5 52 9.4 4.4 198 10 290.6 291.3 282.4 302.5 4.08 4 850 1497 6.8 -1.2 56 8.1 3.1 247 8 293.3 294.0 283.5 305.4 4.11 5 800 1993 5.6 -2.8 55 8.4 1.7 280 13 297.1 297.8 284.8 308.8 3.90 6 750 2518 3.2 -6.8 48 10.1 -1.0 297 21 300.1 300.7 285.1 309.4 3.06 7 700 3074 0.0 -9.3 50 9.3 -3.7 300 28 302.5 303.0 285.7 310.9 2.70 8 650 3663 -3.7 -14.2 44 10.4 -7.4 301 34 304.8 305.1 285.7 311.0 1.96 9 600 4289 -8.2 -15.3 57 7.1 -10.5 302 37 306.6 307.0 286.4 312.8 1.94 10 550 4961 -11.7 -21.9 42 10.2 -14.4 303 36 310.2 310.5 286.8 314.2 1.20 11 500 5684 -16.2 -30.5 28 14.3 -19.0 305 38 313.3 313.4 287.2 315.4 0.60 12 450 6468 -21.4 -40.0 17 18.6 -23.9 310 41 316.4 316.4 287.9 317.3 0.26 13 400 7324 -28.3 -44.2 20 15.9 -29.9 310 49 318.2 318.2 288.4 318.9 0.19 14 350 8266 -35.9 -47.1 31 11.2 -36.7 312 57 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.9 0.16 15 300 9317 -45.0 -51.4 49 6.4 -45.2 316 63 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.4 0.11 16 250 10509 -53.3 -61.3 37 8.0 -53.4 314 78 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.0 0.04 17 200 11925 -59.3 -68.4 30 9.1 -59.5 317 81 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 18 150 13722 -60.1 -85.0 2 24.8 -60.3 313 86 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16244 -62.6 -89.4 2 26.8 -62.8 314 55 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5529.38 m Freezing level: 699.87 mb = 3075.22 m = 10089.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.59 mb = 2318.89 m = 7607.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.78 % Est. max temperature: 20.13 C = 68.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.51 mb = 216.07 m = 708.89 ft T: 7.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 997.3--5625199722685060801057783808.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.99 mb = 3458.07 m = 11345.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Cap Strength: 11.43 C Lifted Index: 12.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.36 C Showalter Index: 9.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 14.99 C K Index: 12.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12948.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.64 mb = 1422.86 m = 4668.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.2 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 326.2 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 191.29 m/s