MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511201800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511201800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 157 SFC 992 223 5.5 3.2 85 2.3 4.4 338 5 279.3 280.1 277.9 292.6 4.85 2 950 573 1.6 1.2 97 0.4 1.4 342 7 278.8 279.5 277.1 290.9 4.39 3 900 1010 5.4 -19.0 15 24.4 -1.9 318 8 287.0 287.2 276.6 289.9 0.94 4 850 1477 6.1 -34.6 3 40.7 -2.9 312 19 292.5 292.6 278.3 293.3 0.24 5 800 1971 4.4 -19.6 15 24.0 -3.0 295 23 295.8 296.0 280.9 299.0 1.01 6 750 2493 2.6 -21.8 15 24.4 -4.6 287 25 299.4 299.6 282.3 302.3 0.89 7 700 3047 -0.2 -24.4 14 24.2 -6.8 280 26 302.2 302.4 283.3 304.7 0.76 8 650 3637 -3.2 -24.6 17 21.4 -8.9 277 31 305.4 305.5 284.5 308.0 0.80 9 600 4265 -6.8 -23.6 25 16.8 -11.3 272 34 308.2 308.4 285.8 311.4 0.95 10 550 4938 -11.0 -21.8 41 10.8 -14.0 275 34 311.0 311.2 287.1 315.1 1.21 11 500 5665 -13.9 -16.5 81 2.6 -14.7 266 37 316.1 316.5 289.7 323.0 2.10 12 450 6457 -19.5 -22.2 79 2.8 -20.2 263 39 318.8 319.0 289.9 323.6 1.43 13 400 7320 -26.6 -29.7 75 3.1 -27.1 268 37 320.4 320.6 289.8 323.3 0.82 14 350 8267 -34.2 -37.5 72 3.3 -34.6 258 41 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.43 15 300 9324 -44.3 -47.7 69 3.3 -44.5 254 50 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.17 16 250 10520 -52.4 -57.0 57 4.6 -52.5 260 67 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 17 200 11951 -53.5 -76.3 5 22.8 -53.8 274 69 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13788 -58.6 -83.8 3 25.1 -58.9 289 65 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16303 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -63.9 296 51 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5507.93 m Freezing level: 703.92 mb = 3004.06 m = 9855.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 928.27 mb = 760.35 m = 2494.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.44 % Est. max temperature: 19.22 C = 66.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.86 mb = 506.62 m = 1662.12 ft T: 2.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 2.63 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 569.14 mb = 4673.42 m = 15332.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.07 C = 96.92 F Cap Strength: 18.44 C Lifted Index: 21.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.70 C Showalter Index: 19.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -0.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.02 C Cross Totals Index: -20.69 C K Index: -38.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 74.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18382.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.99 mb = 1467.05 m = 4813.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.8 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 309.8 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -13.8 tot: -4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 12.10 m/s