MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511201800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511201800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 21 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 141 SFC 990 223 7.7 6.8 94 0.9 7.2 270 7 281.6 282.7 280.8 298.8 6.25 2 950 562 4.8 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 288 14 282.0 283.0 280.2 297.4 5.56 3 900 1003 6.2 3.6 83 2.6 4.9 293 15 287.9 288.9 282.8 303.6 5.51 4 850 1474 8.2 -2.2 48 10.4 3.4 283 24 294.7 295.4 283.8 306.0 3.82 5 800 1972 5.3 -6.0 44 11.4 0.5 284 27 296.8 297.4 283.8 306.0 3.04 6 750 2495 2.6 -10.6 37 13.2 -2.4 283 33 299.4 299.8 284.0 306.4 2.27 7 700 3050 -0.4 -12.9 38 12.5 -4.9 278 35 302.1 302.4 284.7 308.4 2.02 8 650 3638 -3.7 -21.2 24 17.5 -8.8 280 35 304.8 305.0 284.7 308.3 1.08 9 600 4265 -7.1 -27.7 18 20.6 -12.0 280 41 307.9 308.0 285.4 310.1 0.65 10 550 4938 -11.0 -34.2 13 23.3 -15.4 277 45 311.1 311.2 286.2 312.4 0.38 11 500 5663 -15.3 -46.2 5 31.0 -19.3 275 45 314.4 314.5 287.1 314.9 0.12 12 450 6451 -20.2 -54.7 3 34.4 -23.5 275 47 317.8 317.8 288.1 318.0 0.05 13 400 7313 -26.0 -46.8 12 20.8 -28.1 281 62 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.7 0.14 14 350 8261 -34.5 -47.6 25 13.1 -35.5 288 76 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.8 0.15 15 300 9319 -42.9 -46.5 68 3.5 -43.2 267 90 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.20 16 250 10520 -53.7 -57.6 62 3.9 -53.8 260 103 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.06 17 200 11927 -60.4 -65.6 50 5.2 -60.4 271 97 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.03 18 150 13721 -59.5 -82.6 3 23.1 -59.7 279 75 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16259 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 281 45 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5522.09 m Freezing level: 706.23 mb = 2980.79 m = 9779.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 791.66 mb = 2056.59 m = 6747.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.15 % Est. max temperature: 21.13 C = 70.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.29 mb = 338.24 m = 1109.70 ft T: 6.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 1.41 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.73 mb = 2826.58 m = 9273.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.00 C = 80.59 F Cap Strength: 12.28 C Lifted Index: 13.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.10 C Showalter Index: 9.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 13.05 C K Index: 8.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12993.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.97 mb = 823.82 m = 2702.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: -3.9 tot: 62.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 11.05 m/s