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: 41.79,-75.98 Latitude: 41.79 Longitude: -75.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 968 395 20.6 18.6 88 2.0 19.2 198 7 296.4 299.0 293.6 337.0 14.06 2 950 557 19.5 18.1 91 1.4 18.5 201 14 297.0 299.5 293.6 337.1 13.88 3 900 1022 16.2 15.7 96 0.6 15.8 212 23 298.2 300.5 293.0 334.6 12.52 4 850 1506 13.3 12.4 94 0.9 12.8 239 26 300.1 302.1 292.2 331.6 10.73 5 800 2015 10.6 9.8 95 0.8 10.2 244 24 302.5 304.2 292.0 330.9 9.58 6 750 2551 7.6 6.9 95 0.7 7.2 240 24 304.9 306.4 291.7 330.0 8.35 7 700 3117 4.5 3.7 95 0.8 4.0 240 24 307.4 308.8 291.5 329.2 7.14 8 650 3717 0.8 0.2 96 0.6 0.4 242 22 309.8 311.0 291.2 328.3 5.97 9 600 4357 -2.3 -2.8 96 0.5 -2.6 246 17 313.5 314.4 291.6 329.8 5.18 10 550 5045 -4.9 -5.3 97 0.4 -5.1 240 14 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.3 4.69 11 500 5789 -9.4 -10.1 95 0.7 -9.7 234 14 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.2 3.55 12 450 6596 -14.5 -16.0 89 1.4 -15.0 231 21 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.3 2.45 13 400 7478 -20.7 -22.8 83 2.1 -21.3 235 26 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.4 1.52 14 350 8450 -28.0 -30.6 78 2.6 -28.5 234 30 331.0 331.1 292.8 334.1 0.85 15 300 9537 -37.3 -40.2 74 3.0 -37.5 232 36 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.38 16 250 10765 -48.6 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.8 229 45 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12190 -58.9 -63.7 53 4.9 -58.9 230 46 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.04 18 150 14005 -57.4 -82.4 3 25.0 -57.7 248 35 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16534 -62.4 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.6 247 27 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.76 m Freezing level: 637.49 mb = 3877.34 m = 12720.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3806.33 m = 12487.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.74 mb = 641.55 m = 2104.80 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1039.93 m = 3411.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.39 C = 72.30 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.94 mb = 984.04 m = 3228.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.94 mb = 1222.33 m = 4010.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.94 mb = 11054.21 m = 36266.66 ft B at Equ Level: 317.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.94 mb = 12892.08 m = 42296.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.3 neg: -6.3 tot: 110.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 21.97 Bulk Shear: 14.53 m/s