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: 42.16,-74.64 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -74.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 559 SFC 938 671 17.9 17.6 98 0.4 17.7 183 6 296.5 298.9 293.2 335.7 13.60 3 900 1022 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 199 22 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.9 12.70 4 850 1507 13.3 12.9 97 0.5 13.0 226 25 300.1 302.1 292.4 332.5 11.04 5 800 2016 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.2 237 22 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.0 9.56 6 750 2552 8.0 6.7 91 1.3 7.2 240 19 305.2 306.8 291.7 329.9 8.21 7 700 3119 4.8 3.4 90 1.4 4.0 239 18 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.1 6.98 8 650 3719 0.7 -0.0 95 0.7 0.3 240 16 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.0 5.89 9 600 4359 -2.1 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.3 235 15 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.3 5.29 10 550 5048 -5.0 -5.8 94 0.8 -5.4 233 14 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.7 4.52 11 500 5792 -9.4 -10.6 91 1.2 -9.9 220 16 321.6 322.2 292.5 332.9 3.42 12 450 6598 -14.6 -16.4 86 1.8 -15.2 217 19 324.9 325.3 292.5 332.9 2.36 13 400 7480 -20.4 -22.6 82 2.3 -21.0 224 22 328.5 328.8 292.8 334.0 1.55 14 350 8454 -27.7 -30.5 77 2.8 -28.2 233 24 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.86 15 300 9542 -37.1 -40.1 73 3.1 -37.4 229 28 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.39 16 250 10770 -48.9 -52.3 68 3.4 -49.0 230 34 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12192 -59.4 -63.4 60 4.0 -59.5 230 44 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 18 150 14012 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 248 42 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16538 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 258 27 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.94 m Freezing level: 637.56 mb = 3878.58 m = 12724.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.07 mb = 3792.60 m = 12442.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.41 % Est. max temperature: 24.55 C = 76.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.05 mb = 713.61 m = 2341.20 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 7.72 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1221.66 m = 4008.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.27 C = 68.48 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 34.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 141.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.09 mb = 1183.26 m = 3882.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.09 mb = 1328.49 m = 4358.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.09 mb = 6630.26 m = 21752.55 ft B at Equ Level: 141.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.09 mb = 11938.97 m = 39169.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.8 neg: -5.2 tot: 115.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 14.08 Bulk Shear: 10.06 m/s