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: 39.24,-76.58 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -76.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 40 28.1 19.9 61 8.2 22.3 157 7 300.5 303.1 295.1 343.3 14.63 1 1000 116 26.9 19.2 63 7.8 21.5 158 9 300.1 302.7 294.7 341.5 14.13 2 950 568 23.0 18.0 73 5.0 19.5 189 10 300.5 303.0 294.6 340.9 13.78 3 900 1036 18.5 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 200 10 300.6 303.0 294.4 340.2 13.52 4 850 1524 14.9 13.1 89 1.8 13.8 222 14 301.8 303.9 293.0 335.0 11.24 5 800 2035 11.5 8.5 82 3.0 9.7 226 18 303.4 305.0 291.6 329.5 8.73 6 750 2572 8.1 2.4 67 5.7 5.0 226 21 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.9 6.08 7 700 3139 5.4 -4.7 48 10.1 0.6 228 25 308.4 309.2 288.9 320.5 3.85 8 650 3741 2.0 -4.3 63 6.3 -1.0 228 25 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.7 4.28 9 600 4383 -1.2 -4.1 81 2.8 -2.6 225 21 314.7 315.6 291.6 329.7 4.71 10 550 5072 -5.2 -10.6 66 5.4 -7.4 226 20 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.0 3.09 11 500 5815 -9.3 -11.9 81 2.7 -10.3 232 21 321.8 322.4 292.2 331.9 3.06 12 450 6621 -14.6 -17.6 78 3.0 -15.6 224 26 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.1 2.13 13 400 7503 -20.7 -23.8 76 3.1 -21.5 219 24 328.1 328.4 292.6 333.1 1.40 14 350 8476 -27.5 -35.6 46 8.1 -28.7 229 21 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.6 0.53 15 300 9565 -36.5 -42.1 56 5.6 -37.1 234 26 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.1 0.31 16 250 10800 -47.4 -50.8 68 3.4 -47.6 213 33 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.14 17 200 12234 -56.5 -65.6 31 9.0 -56.7 226 42 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 14058 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 246 34 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16565 -64.9 -86.7 3 21.8 -65.1 259 23 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.99 m Freezing level: 619.28 mb = 4135.17 m = 13566.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.54 mb = 3355.87 m = 11009.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.75 mb = 1076.61 m = 3532.15 ft T: 18.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 22.89 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.98 mb = 1267.28 m = 4157.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 27.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1091.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.75 mb = 1172.55 m = 3846.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.75 mb = 1417.07 m = 4649.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.75 mb = 11897.76 m = 39034.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1084.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.75 mb = 14451.27 m = 47411.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 37.03 Bulk Shear: 29.47 m/s