MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511181200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511181200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 19 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 183 SFC 995 223 5.6 4.8 94 0.8 5.2 62 6 279.2 280.1 278.6 294.0 5.42 2 950 600 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 74 14 279.8 280.6 278.0 292.8 4.71 3 900 1037 2.1 1.4 95 0.7 1.8 76 12 283.7 284.5 280.0 296.9 4.72 4 850 1499 1.8 0.4 91 1.4 1.1 83 3 288.0 288.8 281.8 301.3 4.64 5 800 1986 2.1 -3.0 69 5.1 -0.2 33 4 293.4 294.1 283.2 304.6 3.83 6 750 2509 2.8 -8.7 43 11.5 -1.9 319 6 299.6 300.1 284.4 307.7 2.64 7 700 3066 1.5 -12.8 34 14.3 -3.8 323 9 304.1 304.5 285.5 310.6 2.03 8 650 3659 -1.3 -20.1 22 18.8 -7.1 323 13 307.5 307.7 285.8 311.4 1.19 9 600 4292 -5.1 -23.2 23 18.0 -10.2 312 18 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.5 0.99 10 550 4970 -10.0 -28.3 21 18.3 -14.2 303 23 312.2 312.4 286.9 314.6 0.68 11 500 5695 -15.2 -33.8 19 18.7 -18.6 301 30 314.6 314.6 287.5 316.1 0.44 12 450 6485 -19.5 -49.7 5 30.3 -22.8 305 34 318.8 318.8 288.5 319.1 0.09 13 400 7347 -26.8 -50.0 9 23.2 -28.9 295 43 320.1 320.2 288.9 320.5 0.10 14 350 8294 -35.0 -52.4 15 17.4 -36.0 291 50 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.9 0.09 15 300 9347 -44.5 -48.6 64 4.1 -44.7 290 63 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.2 0.15 16 250 10540 -53.3 -59.7 46 6.3 -53.5 288 76 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.05 17 200 11963 -56.7 -72.8 11 16.1 -56.9 283 85 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.01 18 150 13766 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 284 73 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16276 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 289 45 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.35 m Freezing level: 673.24 mb = 3383.62 m = 11100.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 806.05 mb = 1925.56 m = 6317.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.93 % Est. max temperature: 14.96 C = 58.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.44 mb = 327.05 m = 1073.00 ft T: 4.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 1.23 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.23 mb = 589.68 m = 1934.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.23 C = 43.21 F Cap Strength: 17.13 C Lifted Index: 17.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.31 C Showalter Index: 12.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.94 C Cross Totals Index: 15.59 C K Index: 3.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 42.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15895.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.42 mb = 725.04 m = 2378.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.5 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 349.5 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -20.4 tot: 28.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 11.18 m/s