MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511230000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511230000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 24 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 177 SFC 993 235 6.3 1.8 73 4.6 4.2 225 5 280.1 280.8 277.7 292.2 4.38 2 950 599 7.1 -5.5 40 12.6 2.0 272 11 284.4 284.9 277.7 292.1 2.67 3 900 1042 6.0 -19.1 14 25.2 -1.4 298 10 287.7 287.9 277.0 290.6 0.93 4 850 1508 4.1 -24.7 10 28.8 -3.4 296 13 290.4 290.5 277.8 292.4 0.61 5 800 1998 1.8 -28.2 9 29.9 -5.4 288 14 293.0 293.1 278.9 294.6 0.47 6 750 2515 -0.6 -29.2 9 28.7 -7.2 284 19 296.0 296.0 280.2 297.5 0.45 7 700 3064 -2.2 -17.6 30 15.4 -7.0 291 29 300.0 300.3 283.1 304.4 1.37 8 650 3649 -5.0 -17.7 36 12.7 -8.9 289 34 303.3 303.6 284.5 308.0 1.47 9 600 4273 -8.6 -22.0 33 13.4 -12.2 290 36 306.2 306.4 285.2 309.8 1.10 10 550 4943 -11.9 -19.4 54 7.5 -14.1 294 44 309.9 310.2 287.0 314.8 1.49 11 500 5667 -15.5 -25.3 43 9.9 -17.8 293 52 314.2 314.4 287.9 317.5 0.97 12 450 6455 -20.4 -30.0 42 9.5 -22.2 290 57 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.1 0.71 13 400 7315 -27.1 -40.8 26 13.7 -28.7 289 57 319.8 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.27 14 350 8260 -35.0 -50.8 18 15.8 -36.0 284 60 321.6 321.6 289.3 322.0 0.10 15 300 9316 -43.7 -55.9 25 12.2 -44.2 281 60 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.07 16 250 10517 -52.4 -62.9 27 10.5 -52.6 285 66 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.03 17 200 11931 -59.4 -69.7 25 10.3 -59.5 285 81 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 18 150 13729 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 288 58 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16239 -63.9 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.1 284 46 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5490.65 m Freezing level: 762.08 mb = 2389.65 m = 7839.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 920.90 mb = 853.93 m = 2801.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.23 % Est. max temperature: 17.05 C = 62.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.82 mb = 810.20 m = 2658.09 ft T: 6.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 1.59 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 515.92 mb = 5429.14 m = 17811.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.00 C = 102.20 F Cap Strength: 17.07 C Lifted Index: 19.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.31 C Showalter Index: 18.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 10.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.55 C Cross Totals Index: -9.20 C K Index: -20.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16306.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.49 mb = 2340.30 m = 7678.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 320.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.0 neg: -12.7 tot: 92.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 11.10 m/s