MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511140000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511140000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 14 NOV 25 Station: 41.7,-88.6 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -88.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 994 218 8.1 1.6 63 6.5 5.1 117 3 281.7 282.5 278.5 293.7 4.31 2 950 595 9.7 -2.2 43 11.9 4.4 163 11 287.1 287.7 280.0 296.9 3.43 3 900 1042 8.6 -11.1 23 19.7 1.3 212 7 290.4 290.7 279.5 295.9 1.82 4 850 1513 7.2 -3.3 47 10.5 2.5 258 17 293.7 294.3 283.0 304.1 3.52 5 800 2009 4.8 -2.6 59 7.4 1.4 271 23 296.2 296.9 284.5 308.0 3.94 6 750 2532 0.8 -3.2 75 4.0 -1.0 275 27 297.4 298.1 285.1 309.4 4.02 7 700 3082 -3.3 -6.5 79 3.2 -4.6 276 34 298.8 299.5 284.9 309.0 3.36 8 650 3664 -7.1 -7.7 95 0.7 -7.3 284 39 301.0 301.6 285.7 311.0 3.28 9 600 4284 -10.7 -13.2 82 2.5 -11.6 293 42 303.7 304.1 285.7 310.9 2.30 10 550 4949 -13.6 -18.8 65 5.2 -15.1 300 44 307.9 308.2 286.4 313.0 1.58 11 500 5668 -17.6 -24.3 56 6.7 -19.1 301 44 311.6 311.8 287.1 315.2 1.07 12 450 6448 -23.0 -29.5 55 6.6 -24.2 304 45 314.4 314.5 287.7 316.9 0.73 13 400 7300 -29.2 -36.6 49 7.4 -30.2 311 46 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.5 0.42 14 350 8238 -36.9 -47.4 33 10.5 -37.7 310 50 319.0 319.0 288.6 319.5 0.15 15 300 9287 -44.3 -57.0 23 12.8 -44.7 310 59 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.2 0.06 16 250 10486 -52.4 -63.4 25 11.0 -52.7 307 67 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.03 17 200 11906 -57.7 -70.2 19 12.4 -57.9 302 80 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.01 18 150 13730 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 308 76 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16261 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 306 52 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5499.35 m Freezing level: 740.53 mb = 2635.99 m = 8648.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 771.54 mb = 2302.59 m = 7554.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.04 % Est. max temperature: 20.35 C = 68.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.88 mb = 1043.28 m = 3422.81 ft T: 8.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 1.04 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.05 mb = 3992.12 m = 13097.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Cap Strength: 12.30 C Lifted Index: 14.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.53 C Showalter Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 14.31 C K Index: 18.34 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14677.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.71 mb = 2248.55 m = 7377.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 257.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 176.51 m/s