MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 41.78,-75.39 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -75.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 960 470 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.4 197 6 295.3 297.8 293.0 334.8 13.77 2 950 562 18.2 17.8 97 0.4 17.9 204 11 295.7 298.1 293.0 334.8 13.63 3 900 1024 15.4 14.8 96 0.6 15.0 230 25 297.4 299.5 292.2 331.6 11.81 4 850 1508 13.3 12.1 92 1.2 12.6 241 18 300.1 302.0 292.0 330.9 10.50 5 800 2017 10.8 9.4 91 1.5 9.9 244 16 302.7 304.4 291.8 330.3 9.27 6 750 2553 8.0 6.0 87 2.0 6.8 249 15 305.2 306.7 291.4 328.8 7.83 7 700 3120 4.7 2.5 86 2.2 3.5 262 14 307.7 308.9 291.1 327.8 6.58 8 650 3720 0.6 -0.1 95 0.7 0.3 273 14 309.7 310.8 291.1 327.8 5.86 9 600 4360 -1.8 -2.5 95 0.7 -2.1 277 15 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.8 5.32 10 550 5050 -5.0 -5.8 94 0.8 -5.4 275 17 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.7 4.52 11 500 5793 -9.6 -10.9 90 1.3 -10.2 271 17 321.3 322.0 292.3 332.3 3.32 12 450 6600 -14.7 -16.5 86 1.8 -15.3 266 19 324.7 325.2 292.4 332.7 2.33 13 400 7480 -21.0 -23.4 81 2.4 -21.6 254 23 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.8 1.45 14 350 8451 -28.6 -33.5 63 4.9 -29.4 245 28 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.6 0.65 15 300 9535 -37.8 -44.1 52 6.3 -38.3 234 30 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10761 -49.2 -53.1 64 3.8 -49.4 220 31 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 17 200 12188 -56.4 -67.4 24 11.0 -56.6 238 36 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14013 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 252 42 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16536 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 259 26 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.98 m Freezing level: 636.91 mb = 3887.84 m = 12755.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.71 mb = 3785.62 m = 12419.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.27 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.24 mb = 541.60 m = 1776.89 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 7.01 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1057.05 m = 3467.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.95 C = 69.72 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 32.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.00 mb = 1014.37 m = 3327.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.00 mb = 2270.11 m = 7447.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 566.00 mb = 4822.33 m = 15821.09 ft B at Equ Level: 67.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 366.00 mb = 8125.99 m = 26659.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.7 neg: -5.3 tot: 90.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.25 Bulk Shear: 16.11 m/s