MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511111800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511111800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 71 SFC 981 222 0.8 0.0 94 0.8 0.5 250 8 275.4 276.1 274.6 286.1 3.90 2 950 487 5.9 2.5 79 3.4 4.3 293 29 283.2 284.0 279.8 296.7 4.82 3 900 927 2.0 1.5 96 0.5 1.7 297 30 283.5 284.4 279.9 296.8 4.72 4 850 1386 0.4 -1.7 86 2.0 -0.5 293 32 286.6 287.3 280.4 297.9 3.98 5 800 1873 0.4 -8.0 53 8.4 -2.8 294 43 291.6 292.1 281.0 299.3 2.61 6 750 2388 -1.4 -14.0 38 12.6 -5.6 297 47 295.0 295.3 281.5 300.3 1.73 7 700 2935 -4.4 -15.3 43 10.8 -7.9 297 50 297.6 297.9 282.5 302.7 1.67 8 650 3513 -8.6 -17.0 50 8.4 -11.1 296 54 299.3 299.5 283.0 304.1 1.55 9 600 4128 -12.6 -21.8 46 9.2 -14.9 295 59 301.6 301.8 283.5 305.2 1.12 10 550 4788 -16.0 -31.9 24 15.9 -18.8 293 63 305.0 305.1 284.1 306.7 0.48 11 500 5498 -20.5 -39.1 17 18.6 -22.9 291 70 308.1 308.1 284.9 309.0 0.26 12 450 6272 -24.8 -43.1 17 18.3 -26.8 294 78 312.1 312.1 286.3 312.8 0.19 13 400 7117 -31.2 -39.9 42 8.7 -32.1 297 90 314.4 314.5 287.2 315.5 0.30 14 350 8048 -38.3 -46.1 44 7.8 -38.8 293 97 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.8 0.17 15 300 9092 -44.9 -56.8 25 11.9 -45.4 303 108 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.06 16 250 10293 -49.9 -63.0 20 13.1 -50.3 295 97 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.03 17 200 11747 -49.1 -76.3 3 27.2 -49.6 293 74 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13597 -56.2 -84.2 2 28.0 -56.5 293 61 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16134 -63.7 -87.8 2 24.1 -63.9 289 50 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5426.83 m Freezing level: 788.80 mb = 1987.98 m = 6522.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 861.40 mb = 1279.12 m = 4196.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.93 % Est. max temperature: 13.69 C = 56.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.26 mb = 323.76 m = 1062.18 ft T: 2.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 981.5- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 981.46 mb = 222.19 m = 728.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.32 C = 36.17 F Cap Strength: 10.48 C Lifted Index: 11.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.90 C Showalter Index: 9.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.87 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 8.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 133.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15350.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.81 mb = 883.20 m = 2897.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 261.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 14.44 m/s