MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511190000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511190000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 20 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 4.4 93 1.1 4.9 128 3 279.1 280.0 278.4 293.5 5.27 2 950 603 2.7 2.4 98 0.3 2.5 137 9 279.9 280.7 278.2 293.1 4.79 3 900 1038 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.7 200 8 282.4 283.2 279.0 294.8 4.43 4 850 1496 -0.2 -0.9 95 0.7 -0.5 191 9 286.0 286.7 280.4 298.0 4.22 5 800 1987 3.4 -1.2 72 4.6 1.3 241 9 294.7 295.5 284.4 307.6 4.37 6 750 2510 3.5 -6.8 47 10.3 -0.9 269 14 300.3 300.9 285.2 309.7 3.05 7 700 3069 2.3 -17.5 22 19.7 -4.4 284 21 305.0 305.2 285.1 309.5 1.39 8 650 3662 -2.6 -12.8 45 10.3 -6.3 283 25 306.0 306.4 286.4 313.0 2.19 9 600 4291 -6.7 -21.9 29 15.2 -10.9 283 31 308.4 308.6 286.1 312.0 1.10 10 550 4964 -11.7 -27.2 27 15.4 -15.3 280 35 310.2 310.3 286.3 312.7 0.75 11 500 5685 -17.2 -37.5 15 20.3 -20.3 279 43 312.1 312.2 286.5 313.2 0.30 12 450 6466 -22.2 -41.5 16 19.2 -24.6 281 56 315.3 315.3 287.5 316.1 0.22 13 400 7321 -28.3 -37.8 40 9.5 -29.5 276 72 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.6 0.37 14 350 8262 -36.3 -44.6 42 8.3 -37.0 279 75 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.6 0.21 15 300 9311 -45.0 -50.2 56 5.2 -45.3 276 96 321.9 322.0 289.5 322.4 0.13 16 250 10508 -51.9 -60.9 33 9.0 -52.1 275 93 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.04 17 200 11934 -56.7 -71.6 14 14.8 -56.9 271 92 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.01 18 150 13741 -59.9 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 282 82 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16252 -61.5 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.7 280 41 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5499.66 m Freezing level: 858.45 mb = 1418.44 m = 4653.63 ft Freezing level: 847.50 mb = 1520.37 m = 4988.03 ft Freezing level: 676.71 mb = 3345.17 m = 10974.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 870.63 mb = 1303.96 m = 4278.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.70 % Est. max temperature: 13.34 C = 56.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.90 mb = 367.31 m = 1205.06 ft T: 4.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 0.39 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 736.52 m = 2416.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.03 C = 44.65 F Cap Strength: 15.78 C Lifted Index: 16.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.45 C Showalter Index: 13.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.00 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: -3.59 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15750.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.11 mb = 721.54 m = 2367.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.1 neg: -2.6 tot: 113.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 14.83 m/s