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: 39.38,-75.32 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -75.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 8 27.2 20.2 66 7.0 22.2 176 7 299.2 301.9 294.9 342.5 14.84 1 1000 121 25.9 19.2 67 6.7 21.2 177 9 299.0 301.6 294.4 340.2 14.12 2 950 572 22.5 17.5 73 5.0 19.1 213 13 300.0 302.4 294.1 339.1 13.36 3 900 1040 18.1 16.3 89 1.8 16.9 220 13 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.4 13.04 4 850 1527 15.1 10.4 73 4.7 12.2 236 16 302.0 303.7 291.6 329.7 9.35 5 800 2038 12.3 4.1 57 8.2 7.7 229 16 304.3 305.5 289.9 323.7 6.44 6 750 2576 9.4 -2.8 42 12.2 3.4 227 19 306.8 307.6 288.6 319.6 4.14 7 700 3145 5.7 -1.4 60 7.2 2.1 239 21 308.8 309.7 290.0 324.1 4.92 8 650 3747 2.3 -8.1 46 10.4 -2.3 239 21 311.6 312.2 289.3 321.8 3.20 9 600 4389 -1.2 -15.0 34 13.8 -6.3 238 19 314.7 315.1 289.1 321.2 1.98 10 550 5077 -5.0 -16.1 42 11.1 -8.9 242 19 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.8 1.98 11 500 5819 -9.4 -12.7 77 3.2 -10.7 242 23 321.5 322.1 292.0 331.1 2.89 12 450 6627 -14.4 -27.0 33 12.6 -17.5 231 24 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.4 0.93 13 400 7508 -20.5 -32.2 34 11.7 -22.8 229 24 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.8 0.64 14 350 8482 -27.7 -34.1 54 6.4 -28.7 228 22 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.7 0.61 15 300 9571 -36.4 -39.7 71 3.4 -36.7 230 25 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.40 16 250 10806 -47.6 -51.0 68 3.4 -47.7 234 35 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12240 -56.6 -66.5 28 9.9 -56.7 232 46 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14058 -58.3 -80.2 4 21.9 -58.5 240 36 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16566 -64.9 -88.8 2 23.8 -65.1 254 25 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.74 m Freezing level: 617.32 mb = 4166.42 m = 13669.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.12 mb = 3426.55 m = 11241.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.85 mb = 898.09 m = 2946.44 ft T: 19.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 22.88 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1302.89 m = 4274.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 761.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.77 mb = 1117.99 m = 3667.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.77 mb = 1659.54 m = 5444.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.77 mb = 11722.75 m = 38459.99 ft B at Equ Level: 750.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.77 mb = 13778.72 m = 45205.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 55.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 37.39 Bulk Shear: 20.37 m/s