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: 39.51,-75.87 Latitude: 39.51 Longitude: -75.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 27.7 20.0 63 7.7 22.3 204 7 300.0 302.7 295.1 343.1 14.74 1 1000 119 26.5 19.1 64 7.4 21.3 205 8 299.7 302.2 294.5 340.8 14.07 2 950 570 22.1 18.2 79 3.9 19.4 207 9 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.4 13.96 3 900 1037 18.4 14.5 78 4.0 15.8 217 8 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.5 11.58 4 850 1525 15.1 11.7 80 3.4 13.0 226 12 302.0 303.9 292.3 332.3 10.25 5 800 2036 11.7 8.0 78 3.7 9.5 227 16 303.6 305.2 291.4 328.8 8.43 6 750 2574 8.8 2.1 63 6.7 5.1 229 20 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.2 5.92 7 700 3141 5.4 -2.5 57 7.9 1.5 234 23 308.5 309.4 289.6 322.7 4.56 8 650 3743 2.3 -9.6 41 11.9 -2.7 233 22 311.5 312.1 288.9 320.6 2.84 9 600 4385 -1.3 -11.9 44 10.6 -5.5 234 20 314.6 315.1 289.6 323.0 2.57 10 550 5073 -5.1 -8.2 79 3.1 -6.5 239 19 318.0 318.7 291.7 330.1 3.73 11 500 5816 -9.8 -13.5 74 3.7 -11.2 237 23 321.1 321.6 291.7 330.1 2.69 12 450 6622 -14.5 -19.4 67 4.8 -16.0 226 27 325.0 325.3 292.0 331.3 1.83 13 400 7504 -20.4 -27.4 53 7.0 -22.0 224 25 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.1 1.01 14 350 8478 -27.5 -33.4 57 5.9 -28.5 229 23 331.6 331.8 292.8 334.1 0.65 15 300 9566 -36.5 -40.9 64 4.4 -37.0 235 29 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.36 16 250 10801 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.9 227 38 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12233 -56.7 -65.8 31 9.1 -56.9 230 45 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 14054 -58.0 -80.2 4 22.3 -58.2 243 35 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16563 -64.8 -86.9 3 22.1 -65.0 253 24 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.18 m Freezing level: 618.12 mb = 4152.47 m = 13623.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.96 mb = 3353.30 m = 11001.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.81 mb = 1000.85 m = 3283.60 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 22.45 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.12 mb = 1325.68 m = 4349.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 28.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 843.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.53 mb = 1127.70 m = 3699.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.53 mb = 1569.78 m = 5150.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.53 mb = 11753.15 m = 38559.75 ft B at Equ Level: 834.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.53 mb = 13824.70 m = 45356.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.3 neg: -2.2 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 56.35 Bulk Shear: 14.97 m/s