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: 39.95,-76.28 Latitude: 39.95 Longitude: -76.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 998 144 24.3 20.4 78 4.0 21.5 204 7 297.7 300.5 294.8 341.9 15.25 2 950 571 21.1 17.6 80 3.5 18.7 211 13 298.6 301.1 293.8 337.8 13.45 3 900 1037 16.8 15.9 94 0.9 16.2 216 14 298.8 301.1 293.3 335.8 12.69 4 850 1522 14.0 11.7 86 2.3 12.6 240 22 300.8 302.7 292.0 330.9 10.21 5 800 2032 11.3 8.6 83 2.7 9.6 241 26 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.4 8.78 6 750 2569 8.3 5.3 82 3.0 6.6 241 29 305.5 306.9 291.2 328.1 7.46 7 700 3136 4.9 2.0 82 2.9 3.3 237 29 307.9 309.1 290.9 327.3 6.34 8 650 3737 0.9 -0.7 89 1.6 0.1 233 28 310.0 311.0 290.9 327.3 5.59 9 600 4377 -1.2 -2.0 94 0.8 -1.6 230 26 314.7 315.8 292.3 332.1 5.51 10 550 5068 -4.7 -5.4 95 0.6 -5.1 227 24 318.4 319.4 292.7 333.5 4.66 11 500 5812 -9.3 -10.3 92 1.0 -9.7 227 21 321.7 322.4 292.6 333.3 3.50 12 450 6619 -14.5 -16.3 86 1.8 -15.1 226 23 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.2 2.39 13 400 7501 -20.6 -22.7 83 2.1 -21.2 230 28 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.6 1.54 14 350 8473 -28.0 -30.7 78 2.7 -28.5 239 29 331.0 331.2 292.8 334.1 0.85 15 300 9560 -37.3 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.6 239 29 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.37 16 250 10790 -48.4 -51.9 67 3.5 -48.6 216 33 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.13 17 200 12223 -55.9 -68.7 19 12.8 -56.1 229 38 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.02 18 150 14045 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.7 244 35 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16558 -64.0 -88.1 2 24.1 -64.2 256 30 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.94 m Freezing level: 628.84 mb = 4007.84 m = 13148.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.69 mb = 3765.10 m = 12352.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.18 mb = 651.40 m = 2137.11 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 1006.90 m = 3303.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.77 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 32.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 709.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.51 mb = 965.16 m = 3166.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.51 mb = 1107.74 m = 3634.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.51 mb = 11537.79 m = 37853.19 ft B at Equ Level: 694.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.51 mb = 13537.91 m = 44415.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: -8.2 tot: 60.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 26.11 Bulk Shear: 27.16 m/s