MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.70,-74.46 Latitude: 39.70 Longitude: -74.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 18 17.0 11.6 70 5.4 13.8 310 7 288.9 290.3 286.2 312.6 8.46 1 1000 152 16.6 11.1 70 5.5 13.3 320 14 289.7 291.2 286.5 313.3 8.33 2 950 590 15.4 7.3 59 8.1 10.8 339 15 292.8 294.0 286.1 312.3 6.77 3 900 1046 12.7 4.7 58 8.0 8.4 306 12 294.6 295.7 286.0 312.0 5.97 4 850 1522 8.9 1.8 61 7.1 5.3 286 12 295.5 296.4 285.5 310.6 5.14 5 800 2020 4.9 -1.4 64 6.3 2.0 286 16 296.4 297.2 285.0 309.2 4.32 6 750 2543 0.6 -1.9 83 2.5 -0.5 275 16 297.3 298.1 285.5 310.5 4.45 7 700 3092 -3.4 -5.5 85 2.1 -4.3 258 22 298.7 299.4 285.2 309.7 3.63 8 650 3675 -6.4 -12.0 65 5.6 -8.4 247 26 301.7 302.1 284.9 309.0 2.34 9 600 4298 -8.0 -29.9 15 21.9 -12.8 244 28 306.8 306.9 284.8 308.7 0.53 10 550 4968 -12.8 -23.7 40 10.9 -15.5 239 32 308.9 309.1 286.2 312.3 1.03 11 500 5685 -19.2 -24.9 60 5.7 -20.4 231 38 309.7 309.9 286.4 313.1 1.01 12 450 6459 -25.2 -29.4 68 4.2 -25.9 228 45 311.6 311.7 286.8 314.1 0.74 13 400 7304 -31.1 -42.2 33 11.1 -32.1 224 52 314.6 314.6 287.2 315.5 0.23 14 350 8236 -37.6 -53.1 18 15.5 -38.4 216 63 318.0 318.0 288.2 318.3 0.08 15 300 9285 -42.9 -60.4 13 17.5 -43.5 214 75 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.04 16 250 10507 -44.3 -68.0 5 23.7 -45.0 216 81 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 17 200 11997 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -46.9 223 72 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 18 150 13882 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 227 66 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16489 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 228 40 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.96 m Freezing level: 742.07 mb = 2629.90 m = 8628.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.31 mb = 2432.22 m = 7979.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.19 % Est. max temperature: 23.38 C = 74.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.03 mb = 705.53 m = 2314.72 ft T: 14.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 4.04 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1861.52 m = 6107.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.31 C = 75.75 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: 2.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.52 mb = 1332.87 m = 4372.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.52 mb = 2708.77 m = 8886.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.52 mb = 3620.06 m = 11876.68 ft B at Equ Level: 26.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 604.52 mb = 4239.67 m = 13909.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -18.2 tot: -0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 65.80 m/s