MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 39.41,-74.91 Latitude: 39.41 Longitude: -74.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 17 25.5 17.3 61 8.1 19.9 189 6 297.5 299.8 292.6 333.4 12.37 1 1000 125 23.8 16.2 63 7.5 18.8 191 8 296.9 299.0 291.9 330.7 11.68 2 950 571 19.4 15.3 77 4.1 16.7 201 9 296.8 298.9 291.8 330.3 11.57 3 900 1034 15.2 13.9 92 1.3 14.4 228 10 297.1 299.1 291.6 329.4 11.15 4 850 1516 11.1 10.5 97 0.5 10.7 243 13 297.7 299.4 290.3 325.2 9.43 5 800 2019 7.3 2.3 71 5.0 4.7 255 19 298.9 300.0 287.3 315.8 5.67 6 750 2547 4.9 -2.5 58 7.5 1.4 256 18 301.9 302.7 287.0 314.8 4.23 7 700 3106 1.0 -0.8 88 1.8 0.1 254 19 303.6 304.6 288.5 319.3 5.18 8 650 3699 -2.2 -5.5 78 3.2 -3.7 250 21 306.5 307.2 288.3 318.6 3.92 9 600 4331 -5.1 -14.1 49 9.0 -8.3 243 28 310.2 310.6 287.8 317.1 2.14 10 550 5010 -8.7 -30.8 15 22.1 -13.6 241 31 313.8 313.9 287.3 315.7 0.53 11 500 5741 -13.5 -32.6 18 19.1 -17.3 246 36 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.3 0.50 12 450 6533 -19.3 -32.4 30 13.2 -21.7 248 41 319.0 319.1 289.0 321.0 0.56 13 400 7398 -25.4 -34.9 41 9.4 -26.9 251 45 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.8 0.49 14 350 8352 -32.1 -43.2 33 11.1 -33.2 249 49 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.24 15 300 9421 -40.6 -51.1 32 10.4 -41.2 251 56 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.12 16 250 10638 -49.6 -58.7 34 9.1 -49.9 254 57 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.06 17 200 12072 -54.8 -70.6 12 15.8 -55.1 250 59 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.01 18 150 13910 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 249 43 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16465 -57.8 -85.2 2 27.4 -58.2 257 26 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.00 m Freezing level: 684.30 mb = 3292.43 m = 10801.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.20 mb = 3126.73 m = 10258.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.91 mb = 1044.17 m = 3425.70 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.36 mb = 1134.20 m = 3721.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.30 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.52 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 738.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.55 mb = 1094.52 m = 3590.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.55 mb = 1237.15 m = 4058.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.55 mb = 9916.49 m = 32534.03 ft B at Equ Level: 736.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.55 mb = 12797.06 m = 41984.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 19.40 Bulk Shear: 38.08 m/s