MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511281800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511281800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 30 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 105 SFC 987 206 -1.9 -2.9 93 1.0 -2.3 282 12 272.3 272.8 271.6 280.8 3.13 2 950 512 -4.0 -4.6 96 0.6 -4.2 296 24 273.1 273.6 271.7 281.0 2.86 3 900 937 -6.2 -7.0 94 0.8 -6.5 327 28 275.1 275.5 272.3 282.0 2.50 4 850 1382 -8.4 -9.3 93 0.9 -8.7 308 19 277.3 277.7 273.2 283.6 2.21 5 800 1850 -11.0 -11.8 94 0.8 -11.3 291 30 279.4 279.7 273.9 284.9 1.93 6 750 2343 -13.0 -14.6 88 1.6 -13.5 307 33 282.4 282.7 275.2 287.2 1.64 7 700 2868 -14.2 -16.1 86 1.8 -14.7 305 22 286.7 287.0 277.3 291.4 1.56 8 650 3427 -16.4 -17.7 89 1.4 -16.7 272 23 290.5 290.7 279.0 294.9 1.46 9 600 4026 -18.7 -20.5 86 1.8 -19.1 271 36 294.4 294.7 280.6 298.3 1.25 10 550 4671 -22.6 -26.3 72 3.7 -23.2 271 38 297.3 297.5 281.3 299.9 0.81 11 500 5361 -28.3 -32.8 65 4.5 -28.9 277 39 298.5 298.6 281.4 300.1 0.48 12 450 6106 -34.5 -41.2 50 6.7 -35.0 275 42 299.9 299.9 281.6 300.7 0.23 13 400 6923 -36.9 -63.7 5 26.8 -37.8 265 61 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.1 0.02 14 350 7840 -41.2 -66.5 5 25.2 -41.9 261 74 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.2 0.01 15 300 8872 -47.6 -70.3 6 22.7 -48.0 260 78 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.3 0.01 16 250 10062 -51.2 -71.1 8 19.9 -51.5 260 78 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.0 0.01 17 200 11508 -53.0 -79.3 3 26.3 -53.4 262 79 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.00 18 150 13352 -54.4 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.8 268 71 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 15944 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 261 41 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5255.79 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.97 % Est. max temperature: 3.69 C = 38.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.58 mb = 334.31 m = 1096.80 ft T: -2.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 987.4- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.62 mb = 801.76 m = 2630.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.31 C = 32.57 F Cap Strength: 14.25 C Lifted Index: 14.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.42 C Showalter Index: 12.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.94 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 8.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18738.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.36 mb = 718.69 m = 2357.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.5 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 315.5 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.7 neg: -12.5 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 5.80 m/s