MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 39.32,-77.14 Latitude: 39.32 Longitude: -77.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 997 159 24.4 21.2 82 3.2 22.2 134 6 297.8 300.7 295.4 344.5 16.10 2 950 582 20.2 17.1 82 3.1 18.1 158 9 297.7 300.1 293.2 335.5 13.03 3 900 1048 17.5 13.9 79 3.6 15.1 197 13 299.6 301.6 292.3 332.1 11.14 4 850 1534 14.6 10.9 78 3.7 12.3 211 17 301.4 303.2 291.7 330.1 9.68 5 800 2045 11.6 6.3 70 5.3 8.5 215 17 303.5 304.9 290.6 326.0 7.50 6 750 2582 9.5 -3.0 41 12.6 3.4 224 17 306.9 307.7 288.6 319.5 4.07 7 700 3151 6.7 -9.5 30 16.2 -0.2 235 20 309.9 310.4 288.2 318.4 2.66 8 650 3755 3.3 -10.7 35 14.0 -2.5 240 26 312.7 313.2 289.1 321.1 2.60 9 600 4399 -1.1 -3.3 85 2.2 -2.1 245 31 314.9 315.9 291.9 330.8 5.00 10 550 5089 -4.9 -6.3 90 1.3 -5.5 244 34 318.2 319.1 292.3 332.3 4.36 11 500 5835 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 251 37 323.8 324.6 293.6 336.9 3.97 12 450 6648 -12.5 -14.0 89 1.5 -13.0 255 38 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.3 2.89 13 400 7538 -18.1 -20.0 85 1.8 -18.7 246 36 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.3 1.96 14 350 8521 -25.0 -27.4 80 2.4 -25.6 240 41 335.0 335.2 294.1 339.2 1.15 15 300 9623 -33.7 -36.6 75 2.9 -34.1 249 38 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.1 0.56 16 250 10872 -44.9 -48.3 69 3.4 -45.1 265 41 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12318 -57.4 -63.9 44 6.5 -57.5 277 35 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14111 -62.4 -79.4 8 17.0 -62.5 261 35 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16576 -65.5 -87.6 3 22.0 -65.7 275 27 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.88 m Freezing level: 612.04 mb = 4244.10 m = 13924.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.38 mb = 3111.33 m = 10207.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.93 mb = 564.73 m = 1852.76 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 26.08 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1298.98 m = 4261.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.15 C = 80.87 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 3.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 16.92 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.39 mb = 1015.36 m = 3331.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.39 mb = 1853.30 m = 6080.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 758.39 mb = 2489.38 m = 8167.14 ft B at Equ Level: 9.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 398.39 mb = 7567.33 m = 24826.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 74.04 m/s