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: 39.45,-76.1 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -76.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 22 27.1 20.2 66 6.9 22.2 194 6 299.3 302.0 295.0 342.7 14.88 1 1000 119 26.0 19.4 67 6.6 21.4 195 8 299.2 301.8 294.6 341.0 14.33 2 950 569 21.9 17.8 78 4.1 19.1 198 9 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.3 13.65 3 900 1037 18.4 14.8 79 3.6 16.0 214 9 300.5 302.7 293.2 335.3 11.85 4 850 1525 15.1 12.2 82 3.0 13.2 225 13 302.0 303.9 292.6 333.2 10.54 5 800 2036 11.7 8.3 80 3.4 9.7 226 17 303.6 305.2 291.6 329.4 8.63 6 750 2573 8.6 2.3 65 6.3 5.2 229 20 305.9 307.1 290.1 324.4 6.05 7 700 3140 5.7 -4.8 47 10.5 0.7 232 24 308.8 309.5 288.9 320.7 3.81 8 650 3742 2.3 -10.1 40 12.3 -2.9 231 23 311.5 312.1 288.8 320.3 2.73 9 600 4384 -1.4 -10.0 52 8.7 -5.0 230 20 314.5 315.1 290.0 324.1 2.97 10 550 5073 -5.1 -6.6 89 1.5 -5.8 235 19 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.7 4.25 11 500 5816 -9.7 -13.5 73 3.9 -11.1 234 23 321.3 321.8 291.7 330.2 2.69 12 450 6621 -14.8 -18.1 76 3.3 -15.9 226 27 324.7 325.1 292.2 331.7 2.05 13 400 7503 -20.4 -26.8 56 6.4 -21.9 222 25 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.3 1.07 14 350 8477 -27.5 -33.9 54 6.4 -28.6 228 22 331.7 331.8 292.8 334.0 0.62 15 300 9566 -36.6 -41.9 58 5.3 -37.1 234 28 333.8 333.8 293.0 335.0 0.32 16 250 10800 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.9 223 38 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12233 -56.7 -66.1 30 9.4 -56.8 229 45 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 14055 -57.9 -81.1 4 23.2 -58.2 244 35 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16563 -64.9 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 255 24 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.33 m Freezing level: 618.78 mb = 4143.14 m = 13592.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.05 mb = 3256.76 m = 10684.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.36 mb = 899.88 m = 2952.33 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 22.41 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1332.76 m = 4372.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.59 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 26.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 778.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.77 mb = 1096.10 m = 3596.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.77 mb = 1636.97 m = 5370.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.77 mb = 11657.05 m = 38244.44 ft B at Equ Level: 770.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.77 mb = 14105.71 m = 46278.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 41.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 41.72 Bulk Shear: 18.66 m/s