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,-76.58 Latitude: 39.51 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 115 SFC 998 134 26.9 19.5 64 7.3 21.7 166 5 300.2 302.9 294.9 342.6 14.47 2 950 566 23.1 17.8 72 5.3 19.4 176 8 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.4 13.58 3 900 1035 18.6 16.6 88 2.0 17.2 193 7 300.7 303.1 294.3 339.7 13.30 4 850 1524 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 208 8 302.1 304.5 294.3 339.7 12.72 5 800 2035 11.3 10.3 94 1.0 10.7 218 17 303.2 305.0 292.4 332.7 9.90 6 750 2571 7.6 3.7 76 3.9 5.4 226 22 304.8 306.0 290.2 324.9 6.66 7 700 3137 5.4 -6.6 42 12.0 0.0 230 25 308.5 309.1 288.4 319.0 3.33 8 650 3739 2.1 -6.4 53 8.5 -1.7 229 24 311.3 312.0 289.6 322.9 3.65 9 600 4381 -1.0 -7.3 62 6.3 -3.8 224 21 314.9 315.7 290.8 326.8 3.69 10 550 5071 -5.5 -7.9 84 2.3 -6.5 227 20 317.5 318.3 291.7 330.0 3.85 11 500 5813 -9.1 -11.2 85 2.1 -9.9 233 21 322.0 322.6 292.4 332.8 3.26 12 450 6619 -14.8 -17.4 81 2.5 -15.7 230 26 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.0 2.17 13 400 7500 -20.5 -23.6 76 3.1 -21.3 223 25 328.3 328.6 292.6 333.3 1.42 14 350 8474 -27.6 -37.1 40 9.5 -29.0 230 24 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.45 15 300 9562 -36.8 -48.1 30 11.4 -37.6 235 33 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.16 16 250 10796 -47.5 -51.8 62 4.2 -47.7 222 41 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12229 -56.7 -64.9 35 8.2 -56.8 228 43 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.03 18 150 14053 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 248 35 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16561 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 257 23 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.88 m Freezing level: 616.27 mb = 4172.02 m = 13687.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.44 mb = 3143.47 m = 10313.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.64 mb = 1066.85 m = 3500.11 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 23.59 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1340.84 m = 4399.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.24 C = 82.82 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 27.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1060.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.80 mb = 1209.57 m = 3968.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.80 mb = 1555.41 m = 5102.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.80 mb = 11710.84 m = 38420.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1059.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.80 mb = 14186.26 m = 46542.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 63.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 36.68 Bulk Shear: 28.90 m/s