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: 39.57,-75.78 Latitude: 39.57 Longitude: -75.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 28 27.9 20.0 62 8.0 22.3 204 7 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.2 14.69 1 1000 119 26.8 19.0 63 7.7 21.4 206 8 299.9 302.5 294.5 340.9 14.00 2 950 570 22.3 18.1 77 4.2 19.4 208 9 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.4 13.89 3 900 1038 18.3 15.0 81 3.3 16.1 214 9 300.4 302.6 293.2 335.6 12.00 4 850 1525 15.1 11.8 81 3.3 13.0 227 12 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.2 10.25 5 800 2036 11.6 8.3 80 3.4 9.6 228 16 303.6 305.2 291.5 329.3 8.60 6 750 2574 8.8 2.0 62 6.8 5.1 229 20 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.2 5.91 7 700 3141 5.4 -1.3 62 6.7 2.0 234 23 308.5 309.4 289.9 323.9 4.96 8 650 3743 2.2 -8.7 44 10.9 -2.5 233 22 311.5 312.1 289.1 321.2 3.05 9 600 4385 -1.2 -12.9 40 11.7 -5.8 234 19 314.7 315.2 289.5 322.4 2.35 10 550 5073 -5.2 -9.8 70 4.6 -7.1 239 19 317.9 318.6 291.3 328.7 3.31 11 500 5816 -9.8 -12.5 81 2.7 -10.9 238 23 321.1 321.6 291.9 330.8 2.93 12 450 6622 -14.6 -20.2 62 5.6 -16.3 227 27 324.9 325.2 291.9 330.8 1.71 13 400 7504 -20.4 -27.4 53 7.0 -22.0 225 25 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.1 1.01 14 350 8478 -27.6 -33.6 57 6.0 -28.6 231 24 331.6 331.7 292.8 334.0 0.64 15 300 9566 -36.5 -41.0 63 4.5 -37.0 236 29 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.2 0.35 16 250 10800 -47.8 -51.4 66 3.6 -47.9 229 39 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.13 17 200 12233 -56.8 -65.7 32 8.9 -56.9 231 46 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14053 -58.0 -81.1 4 23.0 -58.3 243 35 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16562 -64.8 -85.8 4 21.1 -64.9 252 24 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.98 m Freezing level: 617.67 mb = 4158.24 m = 13642.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.70 mb = 3404.17 m = 11168.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.09 mb = 1036.64 m = 3401.02 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 21.96 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.68 mb = 1310.46 m = 4299.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 883.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.46 mb = 1147.73 m = 3765.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.46 mb = 1490.80 m = 4891.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.46 mb = 11814.60 m = 38761.33 ft B at Equ Level: 874.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.46 mb = 13908.75 m = 45631.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 61.61 Bulk Shear: 14.35 m/s