MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511091800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511091800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 190 -1.9 -5.9 74 4.0 -3.3 326 14 271.1 271.5 269.8 277.7 2.44 1 1000 204 -2.3 -6.7 72 4.4 -3.8 326 11 270.8 271.2 269.4 277.1 2.31 2 950 607 -6.0 -10.2 72 4.2 -7.2 338 27 271.1 271.4 268.8 276.2 1.84 3 900 1029 -8.4 -13.3 68 4.9 -9.7 352 31 272.8 273.1 269.4 277.1 1.52 4 850 1470 -11.0 -13.1 84 2.1 -11.6 2 26 274.6 274.9 270.7 279.2 1.63 5 800 1932 -14.2 -15.9 87 1.7 -14.6 11 23 276.1 276.3 271.1 280.0 1.38 6 750 2418 -17.9 -19.5 87 1.6 -18.2 10 20 277.1 277.3 271.3 280.3 1.08 7 700 2929 -22.1 -23.5 88 1.4 -22.3 4 18 278.1 278.2 271.4 280.5 0.82 8 650 3470 -26.0 -33.1 51 7.1 -26.8 350 17 279.5 279.6 271.5 280.7 0.36 9 600 4043 -30.3 -42.7 29 12.5 -31.1 336 22 281.1 281.1 272.1 281.6 0.15 10 550 4656 -34.6 -46.5 29 11.9 -35.3 344 27 283.0 283.0 273.1 283.4 0.11 11 500 5318 -36.6 -52.6 18 16.0 -37.2 0 36 288.4 288.4 275.9 288.6 0.06 12 450 6043 -39.6 -55.0 18 15.5 -40.1 6 46 293.5 293.5 278.4 293.7 0.05 13 400 6841 -43.7 -58.1 19 14.5 -44.0 5 50 298.3 298.3 280.6 298.4 0.04 14 350 7728 -48.2 -62.5 18 14.3 -48.5 3 54 303.7 303.8 283.0 303.8 0.02 15 300 8740 -48.6 -66.6 11 17.9 -49.0 3 53 316.8 316.8 287.7 316.9 0.02 16 250 9942 -47.2 -72.7 4 25.6 -47.7 357 43 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0 0.01 17 200 11420 -47.3 -77.6 2 30.3 -47.9 351 34 357.9 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 18 150 13310 -50.0 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 337 25 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 15935 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 291 19 424.6 424.6 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5114.25 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.26 % Est. max temperature: 1.52 C = 34.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.53 mb = 685.30 m = 2248.33 ft T: -6.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 1.60 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1534.78 m = 5035.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.79 C = 35.22 F Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lifted Index: 9.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 28.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.17 C Showalter Index: 7.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 11.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19300.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.52 mb = 1136.34 m = 3728.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.5 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 25.5 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.3 neg: -8.7 tot: 96.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 13.01 m/s