MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511091800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511091800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 9 NOV 25 Station: 41.7,-87.7 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -87.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 996 190 1.2 -3.0 74 4.2 -0.4 323 14 274.7 275.2 272.9 283.1 3.08 2 950 568 -3.6 -7.9 72 4.3 -5.0 326 21 273.5 273.9 270.9 279.6 2.21 3 900 991 -7.3 -10.4 78 3.2 -8.2 328 27 274.0 274.4 270.8 279.4 1.91 4 850 1434 -9.7 -13.7 73 4.0 -10.8 333 24 276.0 276.3 271.4 280.5 1.56 5 800 1900 -11.5 -15.3 74 3.8 -12.5 342 16 278.8 279.1 272.9 283.0 1.45 6 750 2392 -14.4 -17.8 76 3.4 -15.2 1 10 280.9 281.1 273.8 284.6 1.26 7 700 2911 -17.9 -20.4 81 2.5 -18.4 286 5 282.6 282.8 274.5 285.9 1.07 8 650 3460 -22.5 -24.6 82 2.2 -22.8 246 14 283.6 283.7 274.6 286.0 0.80 9 600 4043 -25.4 -37.9 30 12.5 -26.6 254 23 286.7 286.8 275.4 287.5 0.24 10 550 4671 -27.2 -39.3 31 12.1 -28.3 254 32 291.8 291.9 277.9 292.6 0.23 11 500 5355 -28.8 -50.8 10 22.0 -30.2 244 41 297.9 297.9 280.6 298.2 0.07 12 450 6104 -32.1 -47.2 21 15.1 -33.1 234 52 302.9 302.9 282.7 303.3 0.12 13 400 6926 -37.4 -52.2 20 14.7 -38.2 231 63 306.3 306.3 284.0 306.6 0.08 14 350 7832 -44.3 -56.2 26 11.8 -44.7 230 61 308.9 308.9 285.0 309.1 0.05 15 300 8851 -50.0 -60.9 27 10.9 -50.3 237 52 314.8 314.9 287.1 315.0 0.03 16 250 10031 -51.5 -68.4 12 16.9 -51.8 245 48 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.5 0.02 17 200 11493 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -48.9 241 43 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.00 18 150 13378 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 249 44 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16009 -52.1 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.8 250 40 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5195.54 m Freezing level: 984.56 mb = 285.02 m = 935.08 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.32 % Est. max temperature: 2.76 C = 36.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.59 mb = 704.26 m = 2310.53 ft T: -4.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.46 C/km ThetaE index: 3.73 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1197.59 m = 3929.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.50 C = 34.70 F Cap Strength: 10.40 C Lifted Index: 14.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.50 C Showalter Index: 14.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.13 C Cross Totals Index: 15.14 C K Index: 2.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18339.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.99 mb = 1078.07 m = 3536.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.4 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 299.4 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.8 neg: -25.3 tot: 81.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 57.81 m/s