MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 40.89,-75.84 Latitude: 40.89 Longitude: -75.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 972 376 16.2 15.8 98 0.4 16.0 173 3 291.7 293.8 290.2 324.8 11.71 2 950 574 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 209 13 293.5 295.7 291.1 327.9 12.06 3 900 1037 18.1 15.4 84 2.7 16.4 247 17 300.2 302.5 293.4 336.4 12.35 4 850 1525 15.0 12.5 85 2.5 13.4 247 21 301.9 303.9 292.7 333.7 10.79 5 800 2036 11.3 10.1 92 1.2 10.6 237 23 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.2 9.73 6 750 2573 8.1 5.9 86 2.2 6.8 233 26 305.4 306.8 291.4 328.8 7.77 7 700 3140 5.2 2.6 83 2.6 3.7 232 27 308.2 309.4 291.3 328.4 6.59 8 650 3742 1.7 -0.3 87 2.0 0.7 236 28 310.9 312.0 291.4 328.9 5.78 9 600 4383 -1.9 -3.4 90 1.4 -2.7 236 29 313.9 314.8 291.6 329.6 4.97 10 550 5070 -6.1 -7.7 89 1.6 -6.8 235 27 316.8 317.6 291.6 329.4 3.90 11 500 5811 -9.6 -18.3 49 8.7 -12.5 237 27 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.5 1.81 12 450 6617 -14.9 -28.6 30 13.7 -18.1 228 29 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.3 0.80 13 400 7496 -21.0 -34.2 30 13.2 -23.4 230 31 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.53 14 350 8468 -28.1 -31.9 69 3.9 -28.7 235 27 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.7 0.75 15 300 9554 -37.2 -40.8 69 3.6 -37.5 235 28 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.36 16 250 10786 -47.6 -51.4 65 3.8 -47.8 228 32 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12218 -58.6 -64.0 50 5.4 -58.7 226 37 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.04 18 150 14023 -59.1 -67.6 32 8.5 -59.2 227 39 368.3 368.3 300.3 368.4 0.03 19 100 16531 -64.1 -85.0 4 20.9 -64.3 259 23 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.15 m Freezing level: 626.64 mb = 4041.44 m = 13259.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3865.31 m = 12681.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.03 mb = 422.75 m = 1386.96 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 972.34 mb = 376.11 m = 1233.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.29 C = 61.32 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: 0.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.25 mb = 1034.12 m = 3392.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.25 mb = 3432.11 m = 11260.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 525.25 mb = 5427.80 m = 17807.53 ft B at Equ Level: 49.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.25 mb = 7216.74 m = 23676.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 74.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 26.51 m/s