MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 26 NOV 25 Station: 41.7,-87.9 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 984 204 1.0 -1.8 82 2.8 -0.1 253 22 275.4 276.0 273.9 284.7 3.41 2 950 486 -1.9 -3.2 91 1.3 -2.4 258 39 275.2 275.8 273.4 283.9 3.17 3 900 913 -5.5 -5.9 97 0.4 -5.6 267 49 275.9 276.3 273.1 283.4 2.73 4 850 1359 -9.2 -9.6 97 0.4 -9.4 277 52 276.5 276.9 272.6 282.6 2.17 5 800 1825 -11.4 -12.2 94 0.8 -11.6 278 43 279.0 279.3 273.6 284.4 1.88 6 750 2320 -11.6 -13.6 85 2.0 -12.2 279 36 284.0 284.3 276.2 289.2 1.78 7 700 2846 -13.7 -16.6 79 2.9 -14.5 268 40 287.3 287.6 277.5 291.8 1.49 8 650 3407 -16.2 -23.0 56 6.8 -17.6 273 45 290.6 290.8 278.4 293.5 0.93 9 600 4005 -19.9 -30.1 40 10.2 -21.5 277 45 293.1 293.2 279.0 294.7 0.52 10 550 4644 -24.4 -34.5 39 10.0 -25.7 272 47 295.1 295.2 279.7 296.3 0.37 11 500 5331 -28.8 -36.4 48 7.6 -29.6 263 52 297.9 297.9 280.9 299.0 0.34 12 450 6076 -34.6 -41.6 49 7.0 -35.1 261 57 299.8 299.8 281.5 300.6 0.22 13 400 6886 -40.7 -49.4 39 8.7 -41.1 262 58 302.0 302.1 282.4 302.4 0.11 14 350 7793 -39.7 -67.0 4 27.2 -40.5 253 63 315.1 315.1 287.2 315.2 0.01 15 300 8846 -40.8 -70.1 3 29.3 -41.6 256 68 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.01 16 250 10076 -44.3 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.0 252 64 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.01 17 200 11563 -46.8 -77.3 2 30.5 -47.5 256 65 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 18 150 13451 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 239 54 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16059 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 238 52 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5255.11 m Freezing level: 972.46 mb = 300.74 m = 986.68 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.87 % Est. max temperature: 2.86 C = 37.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.77 mb = 546.62 m = 1793.35 ft T: -2.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.16 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.55 mb = 786.61 m = 2580.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.27 C = 34.29 F Cap Strength: 10.46 C Lifted Index: 12.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 31.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.13 C Showalter Index: 13.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.26 C K Index: 7.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.33 mb = 771.26 m = 2530.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.33 mb = 901.61 m = 2958.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.33 mb = 1622.47 m = 5322.98 ft B at Equ Level: 12.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 781.33 mb = 2005.91 m = 6581.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.9 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 299.9 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.8 neg: -47.2 tot: 234.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 6.91 m/s