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: 39.59,-75.12 Latitude: 39.59 Longitude: -75.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 26 25.6 14.5 50 11.0 18.4 230 6 297.8 299.7 291.1 327.9 10.34 1 1000 123 24.5 13.3 50 11.2 17.3 230 8 297.6 299.4 290.5 325.7 9.64 2 950 570 20.0 12.3 61 7.8 15.1 231 9 297.5 299.2 290.3 325.1 9.48 3 900 1033 15.5 11.3 76 4.2 12.9 231 10 297.5 299.2 290.2 324.8 9.38 4 850 1515 10.9 10.1 95 0.8 10.4 235 11 297.6 299.3 290.1 324.4 9.19 5 800 2017 7.2 4.6 83 2.7 5.8 251 17 298.9 300.1 288.2 318.5 6.65 6 750 2546 4.4 1.7 83 2.7 3.0 252 18 301.4 302.5 288.3 318.7 5.79 7 700 3104 0.5 -0.3 94 0.8 0.1 254 21 303.1 304.0 288.5 319.3 5.36 8 650 3697 -2.4 -4.6 85 2.2 -3.4 251 22 306.3 307.1 288.5 319.2 4.19 9 600 4328 -5.4 -15.6 44 10.2 -8.9 246 27 309.9 310.2 287.4 316.0 1.89 10 550 5006 -8.9 -33.6 12 24.7 -14.0 243 31 313.6 313.6 287.1 315.0 0.41 11 500 5736 -13.9 -29.2 26 15.3 -17.3 247 37 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.5 0.68 12 450 6527 -19.7 -30.1 39 10.4 -21.8 248 42 318.4 318.6 289.0 320.9 0.70 13 400 7391 -25.5 -35.9 37 10.3 -27.1 253 45 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.5 0.45 14 350 8345 -32.3 -44.4 29 12.1 -33.4 251 50 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.21 15 300 9413 -40.7 -51.6 30 10.9 -41.3 253 56 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.11 16 250 10630 -49.6 -58.8 33 9.1 -49.9 255 59 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 17 200 12064 -54.9 -69.8 14 14.9 -55.1 251 58 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13904 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 251 42 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16463 -57.7 -85.1 2 27.4 -58.0 257 27 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.09 m Freezing level: 691.06 mb = 3210.09 m = 10531.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.05 mb = 3126.46 m = 10257.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.39 C = 77.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.10 mb = 1414.98 m = 4642.26 ft T: 11.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 9.38 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1552.73 m = 5094.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.89 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 34.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.81 mb = 1535.96 m = 5039.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.81 mb = 1585.01 m = 5200.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 412.81 mb = 7160.09 m = 23490.82 ft B at Equ Level: 177.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 282.81 mb = 9806.66 m = 32173.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.28 Bulk Shear: 24.40 m/s