MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511211800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511211800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 21 NOV 25 Station: 41.6,-87.8 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -87.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 992 205 9.5 5.8 77 3.8 7.6 32 4 283.3 284.3 281.1 299.5 5.82 2 950 559 5.4 4.4 94 0.9 4.9 48 4 282.6 283.6 280.4 298.0 5.53 3 900 999 4.3 -0.8 69 5.1 2.0 287 3 285.9 286.6 280.1 297.3 4.00 4 850 1469 8.0 -8.6 30 16.6 1.3 277 15 294.5 295.0 282.0 301.7 2.35 5 800 1965 4.3 -2.0 63 6.3 1.4 262 20 295.8 296.5 284.5 308.0 4.13 6 750 2487 1.4 -4.7 64 6.1 -1.3 260 24 298.1 298.7 284.9 308.8 3.58 7 700 3039 -2.5 -6.1 76 3.6 -4.0 265 24 299.7 300.3 285.4 310.2 3.46 8 650 3624 -5.1 -9.3 72 4.2 -6.7 270 22 303.2 303.7 286.1 312.2 2.91 9 600 4250 -7.4 -9.7 83 2.3 -8.3 254 28 307.6 308.2 287.8 317.2 3.05 10 550 4925 -10.3 -12.6 83 2.3 -11.1 255 42 311.9 312.4 288.9 320.4 2.64 11 500 5652 -14.5 -17.6 77 3.1 -15.4 259 42 315.4 315.7 289.3 321.7 1.92 12 450 6442 -20.0 -23.5 73 3.5 -20.8 258 40 318.2 318.4 289.5 322.5 1.28 13 400 7305 -26.3 -29.9 71 3.6 -26.9 258 44 320.9 321.0 289.9 323.7 0.80 14 350 8253 -34.5 -37.7 72 3.3 -34.8 256 41 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.42 15 300 9311 -43.3 -48.4 57 5.1 -43.5 254 46 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.16 16 250 10515 -49.8 -59.9 30 10.1 -50.1 262 70 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.05 17 200 11967 -52.6 -73.2 7 20.6 -53.0 272 80 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13820 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.6 277 72 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16323 -65.4 -86.2 4 20.8 -65.5 297 47 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5514.84 m Freezing level: 732.45 mb = 2680.82 m = 8795.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.55 mb = 2237.12 m = 7339.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.99 % Est. max temperature: 20.90 C = 69.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.68 mb = 674.12 m = 2211.64 ft T: 5.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 2.19 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.93 mb = 2770.15 m = 9088.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.09 F Cap Strength: 14.20 C Lifted Index: 15.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.99 C Showalter Index: 13.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.52 C Cross Totals Index: 5.95 C K Index: 10.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15941.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.14 mb = 997.39 m = 3272.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.6 neg: -3.5 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 102.21 m/s