MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511110600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511110600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 12 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 81 SFC 983 222 -0.3 -0.7 97 0.5 -0.4 258 10 274.3 274.9 273.6 284.3 3.68 2 950 493 3.5 -0.2 77 3.7 1.9 294 31 280.7 281.4 277.6 291.8 3.97 3 900 931 2.3 -1.2 78 3.5 0.7 303 35 283.8 284.5 279.0 294.8 3.88 4 850 1392 1.0 -3.2 73 4.2 -0.7 302 41 287.2 287.8 280.2 297.4 3.55 5 800 1877 -1.3 -8.5 58 7.2 -3.9 300 43 289.8 290.2 280.1 297.2 2.52 6 750 2390 -1.9 -16.6 32 14.7 -6.4 295 49 294.5 294.7 280.8 298.8 1.39 7 700 2937 -4.2 -16.4 38 12.2 -7.9 298 53 297.9 298.1 282.4 302.6 1.51 8 650 3516 -7.9 -20.2 36 12.3 -11.3 300 59 300.0 300.2 282.9 303.8 1.18 9 600 4133 -11.7 -25.6 31 13.8 -14.9 299 62 302.5 302.7 283.5 305.1 0.80 10 550 4794 -15.4 -33.8 19 18.4 -18.5 296 69 305.9 305.9 284.2 307.2 0.40 11 500 5508 -18.7 -40.2 13 21.5 -21.7 295 83 310.2 310.3 285.7 311.1 0.23 12 450 6286 -23.0 -43.4 14 20.3 -25.4 299 105 314.3 314.3 287.1 314.9 0.18 13 400 7139 -28.8 -48.9 13 20.1 -30.4 297 120 317.6 317.6 288.1 318.0 0.11 14 350 8078 -36.3 -43.4 48 7.1 -37.0 293 121 319.7 319.8 288.9 320.6 0.23 15 300 9127 -45.1 -48.3 70 3.2 -45.3 294 125 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.4 0.16 16 250 10320 -53.0 -59.5 45 6.5 -53.2 296 118 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.05 17 200 11749 -54.2 -74.3 7 20.1 -54.5 290 96 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 13593 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 287 63 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16130 -63.3 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 293 49 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5426.72 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 980.31 mb = 240.61 m = 789.40 ft Freezing level: 827.65 mb = 1608.62 m = 5277.57 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.17 % Est. max temperature: 13.51 C = 56.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.21 mb = 282.27 m = 926.09 ft T: 0.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 0.19 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 982.56 mb = 221.87 m = 727.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.87 g/kg Conv temperature: -0.06 C = 31.89 F Cap Strength: 13.39 C Lifted Index: 16.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.09 C Showalter Index: 12.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.74 C Cross Totals Index: 15.50 C K Index: 4.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 164.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16088.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.88 mb = 1049.29 m = 3442.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.6 at 57.7 knts Storm direction: 327.6 at 43.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 298.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 16.60 m/s