MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511261200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 30 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 138 SFC 992 204 -2.2 -2.9 95 0.7 -2.5 137 9 271.6 272.1 271.1 280.0 3.11 2 950 543 -4.6 -5.4 94 0.8 -4.9 149 22 272.5 272.9 271.0 279.8 2.68 3 900 967 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.1 174 34 274.6 275.0 271.8 281.1 2.35 4 850 1413 -6.1 -6.9 94 0.8 -6.4 213 38 279.8 280.3 275.3 287.4 2.68 5 800 1887 -7.4 -8.3 93 1.0 -7.7 253 26 283.3 283.8 277.0 290.6 2.55 6 750 2388 -9.7 -11.0 90 1.3 -10.1 273 9 286.1 286.5 277.9 292.5 2.20 7 700 2917 -9.9 -11.0 92 1.1 -10.3 199 33 291.5 291.9 280.7 298.5 2.36 8 650 3493 -7.8 -8.5 95 0.7 -8.1 229 57 300.1 300.7 285.1 309.5 3.09 9 600 4112 -10.9 -12.1 91 1.2 -11.3 231 64 303.5 303.9 285.8 311.3 2.51 10 550 4775 -15.5 -17.2 87 1.7 -16.0 226 64 305.7 306.0 285.8 311.4 1.80 11 500 5487 -20.8 -23.2 81 2.4 -21.3 222 64 307.7 307.9 285.9 311.6 1.18 12 450 6254 -27.6 -30.4 77 2.8 -28.0 224 63 308.6 308.7 285.7 310.9 0.68 13 400 7089 -34.5 -38.2 69 3.8 -34.8 227 69 310.2 310.3 285.8 311.4 0.35 14 350 8008 -40.9 -51.0 33 10.1 -41.4 229 79 313.5 313.5 286.7 313.9 0.10 15 300 9040 -48.3 -64.0 15 15.8 -48.6 232 91 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.4 0.02 16 250 10216 -57.7 -65.3 38 7.6 -57.8 235 92 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.02 17 200 11597 -62.4 -70.8 31 8.4 -62.4 242 86 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.01 18 150 13394 -58.5 -83.6 3 25.2 -58.7 253 61 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.4 0.00 19 100 15967 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 258 47 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5348.92 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.98 % Est. max temperature: 6.55 C = 43.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.71 mb = 291.90 m = 957.68 ft T: -2.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.24 C/km ThetaE index: 0.20 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 825.51 m = 2708.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.06 C = 32.10 F Cap Strength: 22.06 C Lifted Index: 22.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.51 C Showalter Index: 17.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.75 C Cross Totals Index: 13.93 C K Index: 6.79 Risk: None Sweat Index: 185.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18554.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.86 mb = 728.18 m = 2389.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 6.4 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 697.7 neg: -26.1 tot: 671.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 223.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 25.5 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 21.89 m/s