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: 42.2,-88.1 Latitude: 42.20 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 185 SFC 994 236 5.4 4.6 95 0.8 5.0 64 6 279.0 279.9 278.4 293.6 5.34 2 950 602 2.4 2.1 97 0.4 2.2 75 14 279.7 280.5 277.9 292.5 4.67 3 900 1038 2.0 1.6 97 0.4 1.8 70 10 283.6 284.4 280.0 297.0 4.77 4 850 1499 2.0 0.8 91 1.2 1.4 75 1 288.2 289.1 282.1 301.8 4.75 5 800 1987 1.6 -2.7 73 4.3 -0.3 63 5 292.8 293.5 283.1 304.3 3.91 6 750 2508 2.8 -7.2 48 10.0 -1.4 26 6 299.6 300.1 284.8 308.6 2.97 7 700 3065 1.3 -11.7 37 13.1 -3.7 336 8 304.0 304.4 285.7 310.9 2.22 8 650 3658 -1.6 -22.6 18 20.9 -7.7 321 13 307.1 307.3 285.4 310.3 0.96 9 600 4289 -5.5 -22.4 25 16.9 -10.3 313 17 309.8 310.0 286.5 313.3 1.06 10 550 4966 -10.3 -27.0 24 16.7 -14.3 302 22 311.8 312.0 286.9 314.4 0.76 11 500 5691 -15.5 -33.0 21 17.5 -18.8 300 28 314.1 314.2 287.3 315.8 0.47 12 450 6480 -19.8 -47.7 7 27.8 -23.1 308 33 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.7 0.11 13 400 7340 -27.1 -49.4 10 22.4 -29.1 297 41 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.11 14 350 8286 -35.1 -53.1 14 18.0 -36.2 292 50 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.08 15 300 9339 -44.7 -48.4 66 3.7 -44.9 290 60 322.4 322.4 289.6 323.0 0.16 16 250 10531 -53.7 -59.8 47 6.1 -53.8 288 72 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.05 17 200 11952 -56.5 -73.4 10 16.8 -56.8 283 82 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.01 18 150 13757 -60.2 -80.6 5 20.4 -60.4 285 73 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16269 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -61.9 289 44 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5506.35 m Freezing level: 677.63 mb = 3330.18 m = 10925.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 809.44 mb = 1892.32 m = 6208.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.73 % Est. max temperature: 15.13 C = 59.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.72 mb = 334.86 m = 1098.60 ft T: 4.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 1.05 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.22 mb = 582.93 m = 1912.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.98 C = 42.77 F Cap Strength: 16.85 C Lifted Index: 17.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.20 C Showalter Index: 12.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.54 C Cross Totals Index: 16.29 C K Index: 5.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 40.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15880.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.27 mb = 727.91 m = 2388.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.0 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 352.0 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -25.7 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 10.62 m/s