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: 39.61,-76.22 Latitude: 39.61 Longitude: -76.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 84 26.9 20.3 67 6.7 22.2 188 5 299.8 302.5 295.3 343.8 15.07 1 1000 117 26.7 19.4 64 7.2 21.6 188 6 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.7 14.33 2 950 568 22.4 18.2 77 4.3 19.5 195 7 299.9 302.5 294.5 340.8 13.95 3 900 1036 18.3 16.3 88 2.0 17.0 211 7 300.4 302.8 294.0 338.7 13.08 4 850 1524 15.0 13.4 90 1.6 14.0 224 11 301.8 304.0 293.3 335.7 11.47 5 800 2035 11.6 9.3 86 2.3 10.2 223 17 303.5 305.2 292.0 331.0 9.22 6 750 2572 8.0 3.0 71 5.0 5.3 230 22 305.3 306.5 290.2 324.6 6.36 7 700 3138 5.7 -6.8 40 12.5 0.0 231 24 308.7 309.4 288.4 319.1 3.27 8 650 3740 2.5 -10.3 38 12.8 -2.9 228 23 311.8 312.3 288.9 320.4 2.69 9 600 4382 -1.4 -8.7 58 7.3 -4.6 229 20 314.5 315.1 290.3 325.1 3.30 10 550 5071 -5.2 -5.9 94 0.7 -5.5 234 20 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.3 4.47 11 500 5814 -10.0 -12.1 84 2.1 -10.8 233 23 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.9 3.02 12 450 6619 -15.1 -16.1 92 1.1 -15.4 228 27 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.5 2.41 13 400 7501 -20.3 -25.2 65 4.9 -21.5 224 25 328.7 328.9 292.6 333.0 1.24 14 350 8475 -27.5 -35.6 46 8.1 -28.7 230 24 331.6 331.8 292.7 333.6 0.53 15 300 9563 -36.8 -45.6 40 8.8 -37.5 235 32 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.22 16 250 10796 -47.7 -52.1 61 4.4 -47.9 226 43 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.12 17 200 12229 -56.9 -65.1 35 8.2 -57.0 230 45 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14051 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 245 35 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16560 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.8 254 23 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.11 m Freezing level: 618.21 mb = 4148.64 m = 13610.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.66 mb = 3142.09 m = 10308.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.94 mb = 931.38 m = 3055.68 ft T: 19.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 24.76 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.93 mb = 1247.97 m = 4094.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 25.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1051.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.12 mb = 1120.60 m = 3676.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.12 mb = 1462.71 m = 4798.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.12 mb = 12035.16 m = 39484.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1038.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.12 mb = 14213.47 m = 46631.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 46.83 Bulk Shear: 22.45 m/s