MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511111200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511111200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 11 NOV 25 Station: 41.9,-88.1 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 986 223 -0.4 -5.4 69 5.0 -2.1 200 12 273.9 274.3 271.7 281.0 2.58 2 950 517 -3.5 -7.9 71 4.4 -4.9 209 26 273.7 274.0 271.1 279.8 2.22 3 900 946 -0.9 -15.3 33 14.4 -5.1 227 36 280.6 280.8 273.6 284.3 1.29 4 850 1402 -0.5 -18.6 24 18.1 -5.5 236 34 285.6 285.8 276.0 288.7 1.04 5 800 1884 -2.7 -19.9 25 17.2 -7.3 249 34 288.3 288.4 277.3 291.3 0.98 6 750 2393 -4.6 -11.0 61 6.5 -6.8 265 40 291.6 292.0 280.6 298.2 2.20 7 700 2935 -5.2 -7.4 85 2.1 -6.1 292 43 296.7 297.3 283.8 306.1 3.14 8 650 3516 -7.2 -9.1 86 1.9 -7.9 304 46 300.8 301.4 285.3 309.9 2.96 9 600 4135 -10.6 -13.8 77 3.2 -11.6 302 44 303.9 304.3 285.6 310.8 2.20 10 550 4801 -13.7 -23.4 44 9.7 -16.1 303 46 307.8 308.0 285.8 311.3 1.06 11 500 5520 -17.2 -36.8 17 19.6 -20.3 318 49 312.1 312.2 286.5 313.3 0.33 12 450 6303 -21.8 -36.6 25 14.7 -24.0 324 61 315.8 315.9 287.8 317.1 0.37 13 400 7157 -28.8 -38.4 39 9.6 -30.0 318 64 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.35 14 350 8096 -36.5 -45.4 40 8.8 -37.2 308 68 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.2 0.19 15 300 9144 -45.3 -51.7 49 6.3 -45.6 308 69 321.4 321.5 289.3 321.9 0.11 16 250 10333 -55.5 -61.7 46 6.2 -55.6 310 73 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.7 0.04 17 200 11730 -60.4 -67.6 38 7.2 -60.5 319 72 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.02 18 150 13518 -61.5 -84.2 3 22.8 -61.7 316 69 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16038 -60.6 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 313 42 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5410.75 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.01 % Est. max temperature: 12.00 C = 53.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.02 mb = 849.04 m = 2785.52 ft T: -1.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 492.19 mb = 5636.60 m = 18492.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.22 C = 100.80 F Cap Strength: 22.61 C Lifted Index: 25.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.96 C Showalter Index: 20.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.64 C Cross Totals Index: -1.42 C K Index: -4.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 116.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20026.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 25.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.74 mb = 1670.93 m = 5481.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.0 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 318.0 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 620.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 620.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 244.90 m/s