MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511101200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511101200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 11 NOV 25 Station: 42,-88 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 988 217 -0.9 -5.5 71 4.6 -2.5 196 12 273.2 273.6 271.3 280.3 2.57 2 950 525 -2.9 -10.3 56 7.5 -5.2 210 31 274.3 274.6 270.8 279.4 1.83 3 900 954 -1.2 -26.0 13 24.8 -6.7 224 35 280.2 280.3 272.2 281.8 0.51 4 850 1409 -2.9 -14.0 42 11.1 -6.2 233 34 283.1 283.4 275.4 287.6 1.52 5 800 1885 -6.6 -10.0 77 3.4 -7.7 245 37 284.2 284.6 277.0 290.7 2.24 6 750 2389 -6.8 -8.4 88 1.6 -7.4 259 47 289.2 289.7 280.1 297.1 2.70 7 700 2928 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 290 51 296.4 297.0 284.1 306.7 3.44 8 650 3510 -6.8 -7.1 98 0.3 -6.9 301 49 301.3 301.9 286.0 311.9 3.46 9 600 4130 -11.1 -11.7 95 0.6 -11.3 300 45 303.3 303.8 285.8 311.4 2.60 10 550 4793 -13.7 -23.7 43 10.0 -16.1 303 49 307.9 308.1 285.8 311.3 1.03 11 500 5516 -15.6 -39.5 11 23.8 -19.3 318 57 314.0 314.0 287.1 314.9 0.25 12 450 6300 -22.1 -28.0 59 5.9 -23.2 321 66 315.5 315.7 288.2 318.4 0.85 13 400 7154 -28.7 -35.1 54 6.4 -29.6 323 70 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.4 0.48 14 350 8093 -37.0 -45.2 42 8.2 -37.5 319 75 318.9 319.0 288.6 319.6 0.19 15 300 9137 -46.4 -52.2 52 5.8 -46.6 317 75 319.9 320.0 288.8 320.3 0.10 16 250 10319 -56.5 -61.6 53 5.0 -56.6 317 77 322.0 322.0 289.4 322.2 0.04 17 200 11709 -61.2 -72.6 21 11.3 -61.3 321 65 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.8 0.01 18 150 13506 -58.7 -83.8 3 25.1 -59.0 317 66 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16034 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 316 40 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5397.63 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.46 % Est. max temperature: 9.21 C = 48.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.22 mb = 786.77 m = 2581.23 ft T: -1.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.92 C/km ThetaE index: 0.88 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 451.32 mb = 6277.93 m = 20596.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.18 C = 106.12 F Cap Strength: 23.71 C Lifted Index: 27.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.68 C Showalter Index: 22.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.74 C Cross Totals Index: 1.61 C K Index: -1.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20393.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 27.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.65 mb = 2056.16 m = 6745.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 45.4 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 809.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 809.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 269.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 12.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 24.13 m/s