MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 32.9,-73.9 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -73.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 26.4 23.2 83 3.2 24.0 204 7 298.1 301.3 296.6 350.0 17.84 1 1000 145 25.0 22.3 85 2.7 23.0 205 7 298.2 301.3 296.2 348.2 17.20 2 950 596 21.7 19.3 86 2.4 20.0 220 8 299.2 301.9 295.0 342.8 14.96 3 900 1064 19.3 16.5 84 2.8 17.4 223 8 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.5 13.27 4 850 1555 16.8 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 218 10 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.7 11.76 5 800 2070 14.1 10.8 81 3.3 12.0 222 13 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.0 10.24 6 750 2613 11.3 7.3 76 4.0 8.9 226 15 308.9 310.5 293.1 335.1 8.59 7 700 3186 8.5 1.8 63 6.7 4.8 229 16 311.9 313.1 292.1 331.4 6.25 8 650 3796 5.5 -8.6 35 14.1 -0.8 232 16 315.2 315.8 290.3 325.1 3.08 9 600 4445 1.6 -14.1 30 15.7 -4.6 239 16 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.1 2.14 10 550 5140 -2.6 -14.5 40 11.9 -7.2 246 17 321.0 321.5 291.3 328.6 2.26 11 500 5889 -7.4 -17.1 46 9.7 -10.8 246 19 324.0 324.4 291.9 330.9 2.00 12 450 6700 -13.0 -19.8 57 6.8 -15.2 227 22 326.9 327.3 292.6 333.1 1.77 13 400 7589 -17.9 -20.0 83 2.1 -18.5 216 30 331.8 332.2 294.0 338.6 1.96 14 350 8575 -24.7 -26.9 82 2.2 -25.2 213 40 335.5 335.7 294.3 339.9 1.21 15 300 9680 -32.4 -36.9 64 4.5 -33.0 220 45 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.8 0.54 16 250 10938 -43.0 -47.7 59 4.8 -43.3 227 53 342.1 342.2 295.0 343.0 0.20 17 200 12398 -55.3 -62.2 42 6.8 -55.5 229 63 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 14191 -63.9 -77.7 14 13.8 -64.0 228 49 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16632 -69.9 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 225 13 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.69 m Freezing level: 580.96 mb = 4709.29 m = 15450.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.12 mb = 3706.18 m = 12159.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.14 mb = 402.28 m = 1319.80 ft T: 23.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 24.90 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.07 mb = 1092.00 m = 3582.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 31.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 596.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.82 mb = 772.29 m = 2533.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.82 mb = 1903.46 m = 6244.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.82 mb = 11899.53 m = 39039.99 ft B at Equ Level: 596.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.82 mb = 14788.49 m = 48518.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 80.42 Bulk Shear: 7.42 m/s