MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511111200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511111200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 82 SFC 983 223 2.9 -4.6 58 7.5 0.0 198 15 277.4 277.9 274.0 285.1 2.76 2 950 495 -0.3 -6.7 62 6.5 -2.6 201 25 276.9 277.3 273.3 283.7 2.42 3 900 925 -2.0 -9.1 58 7.2 -4.4 221 44 279.5 279.8 274.3 285.5 2.12 4 850 1380 -3.0 -9.6 60 6.6 -5.2 240 50 283.0 283.4 276.3 289.3 2.17 5 800 1859 -1.5 -7.8 62 6.4 -3.8 234 46 289.6 290.1 280.2 297.4 2.65 6 750 2377 0.4 -6.9 58 7.2 -2.6 252 42 297.0 297.5 283.8 306.1 3.05 7 700 2928 -2.0 -7.5 66 5.6 -4.2 275 38 300.3 300.9 285.2 309.8 3.10 8 650 3511 -6.8 -12.6 63 5.8 -8.8 277 37 301.3 301.7 284.7 308.3 2.24 9 600 4134 -8.4 -27.5 20 19.0 -12.9 287 43 306.4 306.5 284.8 308.6 0.67 10 550 4805 -11.5 -30.2 20 18.7 -15.4 288 45 310.4 310.5 286.2 312.4 0.56 11 500 5528 -16.1 -49.0 4 32.9 -20.0 280 44 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.7 0.09 12 450 6310 -23.1 -49.5 7 26.4 -25.6 282 41 314.2 314.2 286.9 314.5 0.09 13 400 7160 -29.5 -34.3 64 4.7 -30.2 284 46 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.5 0.53 14 350 8097 -37.2 -40.5 71 3.3 -37.4 287 58 318.6 318.7 288.7 319.8 0.32 15 300 9143 -46.0 -49.5 68 3.5 -46.2 284 63 320.5 320.5 289.0 321.0 0.14 16 250 10332 -54.1 -57.7 64 3.6 -54.2 290 59 325.6 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.06 17 200 11747 -58.2 -68.0 27 9.8 -58.3 307 59 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 18 150 13545 -60.2 -80.5 5 20.4 -60.3 315 64 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16068 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 305 42 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5445.55 m Freezing level: 952.68 mb = 473.04 m = 1551.95 ft Freezing level: 759.70 mb = 2276.26 m = 7467.96 ft Freezing level: 742.39 mb = 2460.55 m = 8072.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 982.52 mb = 224.92 m = 737.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.59 % Est. max temperature: 10.66 C = 51.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.30 mb = 1146.47 m = 3761.33 ft T: -2.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.39 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 512.70 mb = 5337.70 m = 17511.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.93 C = 100.27 F Cap Strength: 22.64 C Lifted Index: 24.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 17.18 C Showalter Index: 20.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.12 C Cross Totals Index: 6.54 C K Index: -2.01 Risk: None Sweat Index: 249.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18550.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 23.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.22 mb = 1509.02 m = 4950.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 616.3 neg: -60.0 tot: 556.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 18.43 m/s