MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511281800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511281800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 28 NOV 25 Station: 41.6,-87.9 Latitude: 41.60 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 207 -0.4 -8.6 54 8.1 -3.1 286 6 272.4 272.7 269.9 277.9 1.99 1 1000 237 -1.8 -9.5 55 7.7 -4.2 287 6 271.4 271.7 269.0 276.5 1.86 2 950 642 -6.1 -10.9 69 4.8 -7.5 287 8 271.0 271.3 268.5 275.8 1.75 3 900 1061 -10.2 -12.8 81 2.6 -10.9 289 8 271.0 271.2 268.2 275.4 1.58 4 850 1500 -11.5 -22.4 40 10.9 -13.6 321 12 274.1 274.2 268.8 276.3 0.74 5 800 1965 -10.3 -29.5 19 19.2 -13.5 327 19 280.2 280.3 272.0 281.5 0.42 6 750 2460 -12.4 -36.0 12 23.6 -15.7 317 25 283.1 283.1 273.3 283.8 0.23 7 700 2983 -15.5 -35.0 17 19.6 -18.1 308 31 285.4 285.4 274.7 286.3 0.28 8 650 3539 -17.5 -41.7 10 24.2 -20.2 308 38 289.2 289.2 276.5 289.7 0.15 9 600 4136 -19.0 -44.0 9 25.1 -21.6 308 49 294.2 294.2 278.9 294.6 0.13 10 550 4782 -20.3 -43.4 11 23.1 -22.8 304 61 300.0 300.1 281.5 300.6 0.15 11 500 5483 -24.0 -31.3 51 7.3 -25.1 302 66 303.7 303.8 283.7 305.6 0.56 12 450 6245 -28.1 -33.6 59 5.5 -28.8 298 71 308.0 308.1 285.2 309.7 0.50 13 400 7080 -34.0 -40.6 51 6.6 -34.6 295 76 310.8 310.9 286.0 311.8 0.28 14 350 7999 -41.4 -50.8 35 9.4 -41.8 293 78 312.9 313.0 286.5 313.3 0.10 15 300 9026 -49.8 -57.3 41 7.5 -50.0 292 85 315.2 315.2 287.2 315.4 0.06 16 250 10197 -56.4 -65.7 30 9.3 -56.5 287 87 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.02 17 200 11606 -57.5 -73.5 11 16.1 -57.6 294 73 341.8 341.8 294.7 341.8 0.01 18 150 13426 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.4 291 64 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 15979 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.8 -58.2 287 42 416.0 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5245.25 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.14 % Est. max temperature: 1.01 C = 33.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.96 mb = 1199.04 m = 3933.79 ft T: -10.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.43 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.99 mb = 2801.05 m = 9189.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.73 C = 53.11 F Cap Strength: 20.83 C Lifted Index: 23.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.29 C Showalter Index: 22.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 12.55 C Cross Totals Index: 1.61 C K Index: -29.43 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19723.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.24 mb = 1248.91 m = 4097.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.5 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 335.5 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.5 neg: -8.9 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 15.68 m/s