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: 39.75,-75.83 Latitude: 39.75 Longitude: -75.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 91 25.9 20.1 70 5.9 21.8 204 8 298.7 301.4 294.8 342.0 14.87 1 1000 124 25.6 19.4 69 6.2 21.3 205 8 298.8 301.4 294.4 340.5 14.34 2 950 573 21.3 17.9 81 3.3 19.0 207 14 298.8 301.3 294.0 338.8 13.74 3 900 1039 17.1 16.2 95 0.9 16.5 213 17 299.1 301.5 293.6 337.0 12.98 4 850 1526 14.4 12.5 88 1.9 13.1 244 20 301.2 303.2 292.5 332.9 10.77 5 800 2036 11.7 9.3 85 2.4 10.2 245 23 303.6 305.3 292.0 331.2 9.23 6 750 2574 8.6 6.2 85 2.4 7.2 244 26 305.9 307.4 291.7 329.9 7.94 7 700 3142 5.3 3.0 85 2.3 4.1 238 26 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.2 6.82 8 650 3744 1.6 -0.8 84 2.5 0.4 236 25 310.8 311.9 291.2 328.1 5.55 9 600 4385 -1.7 -6.7 69 5.0 -4.0 226 24 314.1 314.9 290.7 326.5 3.86 10 550 5073 -5.2 -10.0 69 4.7 -7.2 229 22 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.5 3.26 11 500 5816 -9.3 -15.2 62 5.9 -11.5 228 18 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.5 2.34 12 450 6622 -14.6 -25.0 41 10.4 -17.4 229 22 324.8 325.1 291.3 328.8 1.11 13 400 7502 -21.3 -27.4 58 6.1 -22.7 230 28 327.3 327.5 292.0 330.9 1.01 14 350 8471 -28.7 -31.7 75 3.0 -29.2 230 31 330.1 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.77 15 300 9558 -36.3 -39.4 73 3.1 -36.7 228 31 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.42 16 250 10794 -47.6 -51.0 68 3.4 -47.7 224 30 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12227 -56.5 -68.9 20 12.4 -56.7 227 40 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 14049 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 241 38 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16559 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 252 28 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.91 m Freezing level: 625.55 mb = 4057.46 m = 13311.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.72 mb = 3796.95 m = 12457.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.65 mb = 834.19 m = 2736.80 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.53 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 1035.34 m = 3396.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 791.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.10 mb = 999.95 m = 3280.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.10 mb = 1142.83 m = 3749.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.10 mb = 11354.76 m = 37252.70 ft B at Equ Level: 790.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.10 mb = 13675.86 m = 44867.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.9 neg: -7.1 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 38.78 Bulk Shear: 20.42 m/s