MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 39.10,-77.44 Latitude: 39.10 Longitude: -77.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 110 20.6 20.0 96 0.6 20.2 133 4 293.7 296.3 293.3 336.1 14.90 1 1000 121 20.8 20.1 96 0.6 20.4 123 3 293.9 296.6 293.5 336.6 14.98 2 950 568 22.4 17.2 73 5.1 18.9 210 16 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.3 13.14 3 900 1037 19.5 16.5 83 3.0 17.4 217 23 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.4 13.20 4 850 1527 15.6 14.2 92 1.3 14.7 224 26 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.3 12.11 5 800 2039 12.6 11.0 90 1.6 11.6 236 24 304.6 306.5 293.2 335.6 10.36 6 750 2579 9.4 7.8 90 1.6 8.5 229 16 306.8 308.5 292.7 333.7 8.90 7 700 3149 6.4 4.4 87 2.0 5.2 224 18 309.5 311.0 292.4 332.6 7.50 8 650 3754 2.9 0.5 84 2.4 1.6 221 23 312.2 313.4 292.0 331.3 6.10 9 600 4398 -1.0 -2.8 87 1.8 -1.9 222 26 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.4 5.19 10 550 5089 -4.7 -6.1 90 1.4 -5.3 229 29 318.6 319.4 292.5 332.9 4.42 11 500 5833 -9.1 -10.1 92 1.0 -9.5 236 34 322.0 322.6 292.7 333.7 3.55 12 450 6643 -13.1 -13.9 94 0.8 -13.4 242 36 326.8 327.4 293.5 336.6 2.91 13 400 7530 -19.0 -20.3 89 1.3 -19.4 256 40 330.3 330.7 293.6 337.0 1.90 14 350 8510 -25.8 -30.3 66 4.6 -26.6 261 31 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.2 0.88 15 300 9609 -34.0 -40.2 54 6.2 -34.7 245 27 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.0 0.39 16 250 10856 -45.4 -51.1 52 5.8 -45.7 258 28 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.2 0.14 17 200 12302 -57.9 -63.3 50 5.4 -58.0 275 47 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.04 18 150 14084 -64.8 -74.9 24 10.1 -64.9 234 30 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16545 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 257 30 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.56 m Freezing level: 612.93 mb = 4231.42 m = 13882.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.22 mb = 4041.08 m = 13257.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.96 mb = 182.55 m = 598.91 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 9.17 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1446.45 m = 4745.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 36.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 249.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.33 mb = 1005.17 m = 3297.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.33 mb = 2162.33 m = 7094.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.33 mb = 8337.17 m = 27352.60 ft B at Equ Level: 248.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.33 mb = 13012.11 m = 42690.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: -17.2 tot: 116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 8.54 Bulk Shear: 29.17 m/s