MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 39.13,-76.44 Latitude: 39.13 Longitude: -76.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 4 24.7 21.0 80 3.7 22.1 179 7 296.7 299.5 294.7 341.7 15.60 1 1000 125 25.1 19.4 71 5.7 21.2 184 12 298.2 300.8 294.3 339.9 14.35 2 950 576 22.4 17.2 72 5.3 18.8 221 17 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.2 13.07 3 900 1043 17.9 16.0 89 1.8 16.7 225 18 299.9 302.3 293.7 337.5 12.84 4 850 1530 14.5 12.0 85 2.6 12.9 245 22 301.4 303.3 292.3 332.0 10.39 5 800 2041 11.8 9.0 83 2.9 10.1 250 25 303.8 305.4 291.9 330.7 9.03 6 750 2579 8.7 6.0 83 2.7 7.1 245 25 306.0 307.5 291.6 329.7 7.85 7 700 3146 5.3 2.8 84 2.5 3.9 244 24 308.3 309.6 291.4 328.9 6.70 8 650 3749 1.6 -0.7 85 2.3 0.4 245 24 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.2 5.60 9 600 4389 -2.3 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.2 244 24 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.3 4.68 10 550 5078 -5.2 -6.2 93 1.0 -5.7 245 25 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.0 4.38 11 500 5821 -9.5 -10.0 96 0.5 -9.6 248 19 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.3 3.59 12 450 6628 -14.8 -16.2 89 1.3 -15.3 239 20 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.8 2.41 13 400 7507 -21.8 -24.9 76 3.1 -22.5 232 24 326.6 326.9 292.0 331.1 1.27 14 350 8476 -28.2 -31.2 75 3.0 -28.7 234 29 330.8 330.9 292.7 333.7 0.81 15 300 9564 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.0 238 29 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.40 16 250 10797 -48.1 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.3 215 29 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12234 -54.6 -71.0 12 16.4 -54.8 229 36 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.01 18 150 14060 -58.5 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.7 244 37 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16568 -64.4 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 250 24 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.80 m Freezing level: 629.33 mb = 4013.24 m = 13166.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.08 mb = 3821.71 m = 12538.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.13 mb = 482.41 m = 1582.68 ft T: 22.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.49 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1226.23 m = 4023.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 33.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 842.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.53 mb = 1066.53 m = 3499.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.53 mb = 1405.30 m = 4610.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.53 mb = 11263.24 m = 36952.44 ft B at Equ Level: 842.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.53 mb = 13954.01 m = 45780.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.7 neg: -7.3 tot: 93.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 27.13 Bulk Shear: 31.08 m/s