MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511130600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511130600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 14 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 158 SFC 992 223 7.0 3.0 75 4.0 5.1 177 6 280.8 281.6 278.6 294.1 4.78 2 950 584 10.9 -2.2 40 13.1 5.0 210 25 288.3 288.9 280.5 298.2 3.42 3 900 1034 9.5 -2.1 44 11.6 4.2 220 24 291.3 291.9 282.1 301.9 3.63 4 850 1506 7.4 -0.5 57 7.9 3.6 243 23 293.9 294.6 284.0 306.6 4.33 5 800 2002 3.9 -0.2 74 4.1 2.0 251 24 295.3 296.2 285.0 309.2 4.71 6 750 2523 0.7 -7.9 53 8.6 -2.7 259 26 297.3 297.8 283.7 305.8 2.80 7 700 3075 -1.4 -4.7 79 3.2 -2.9 282 31 300.9 301.6 286.2 312.6 3.86 8 650 3662 -4.6 -10.9 62 6.2 -7.0 291 35 303.7 304.2 285.9 311.7 2.57 9 600 4288 -8.3 -15.3 57 7.1 -10.6 296 38 306.6 306.9 286.3 312.8 1.93 10 550 4958 -12.3 -23.7 38 11.4 -15.1 304 39 309.5 309.7 286.4 313.0 1.03 11 500 5679 -17.1 -29.9 32 12.7 -19.6 308 40 312.2 312.3 286.9 314.4 0.64 12 450 6460 -22.9 -37.1 26 14.2 -24.9 309 43 314.5 314.5 287.3 315.7 0.35 13 400 7311 -29.5 -44.8 21 15.3 -30.9 310 47 316.6 316.7 287.9 317.3 0.18 14 350 8248 -36.6 -52.4 18 15.8 -37.5 313 53 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.7 0.09 15 300 9298 -44.9 -55.5 29 10.6 -45.3 317 59 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.4 0.07 16 250 10491 -53.8 -62.2 35 8.4 -54.0 310 68 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.2 0.04 17 200 11909 -57.5 -71.1 16 13.5 -57.7 308 75 341.6 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.01 18 150 13717 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.1 311 86 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16252 -60.4 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 300 50 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5520.83 m Freezing level: 733.92 mb = 2700.61 m = 8860.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.16 mb = 2214.94 m = 7266.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.00 % Est. max temperature: 20.28 C = 68.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.69 mb = 737.19 m = 2418.56 ft T: 10.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 3.36 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.83 mb = 3983.30 m = 13068.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 11.87 C Lifted Index: 12.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.80 C Showalter Index: 7.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 20.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13382.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.52 mb = 2006.64 m = 6583.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 330.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 16.31 m/s