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: 39.63,-76.59 Latitude: 39.63 Longitude: -76.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 179 26.1 19.6 67 6.5 21.5 180 3 299.9 302.5 295.0 342.6 14.62 2 950 566 23.0 17.5 71 5.5 19.2 186 6 300.5 303.0 294.3 339.8 13.39 3 900 1034 18.5 16.5 88 2.0 17.1 197 6 300.5 303.0 294.1 339.3 13.20 4 850 1523 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 211 7 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.2 12.61 5 800 2034 11.3 10.4 94 0.9 10.7 211 18 303.2 305.1 292.5 332.9 9.96 6 750 2570 7.5 3.2 74 4.4 5.2 226 23 304.8 306.0 290.0 324.2 6.43 7 700 3136 5.6 -8.3 36 13.8 -0.4 230 25 308.7 309.2 288.1 317.9 2.92 8 650 3738 2.1 -7.6 49 9.7 -2.2 228 24 311.3 311.9 289.3 321.8 3.31 9 600 4380 -1.0 -7.5 61 6.6 -3.9 225 22 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.6 3.62 10 550 5070 -5.7 -7.3 88 1.6 -6.4 228 20 317.3 318.1 291.8 330.3 4.01 11 500 5811 -8.9 -11.3 83 2.4 -9.9 233 21 322.2 322.8 292.5 332.9 3.24 12 450 6617 -15.0 -16.9 85 1.9 -15.6 232 25 324.4 324.8 292.3 332.1 2.26 13 400 7499 -20.4 -24.5 70 4.1 -21.4 225 25 328.5 328.7 292.6 333.1 1.31 14 350 8472 -27.6 -37.2 40 9.6 -29.0 230 25 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.45 15 300 9561 -36.8 -50.3 23 13.5 -37.7 235 34 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 16 250 10794 -47.7 -53.9 49 6.2 -48.0 224 43 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 17 200 12226 -56.8 -64.4 37 7.7 -56.9 228 43 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 14050 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 249 35 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16559 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 256 22 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.56 m Freezing level: 616.13 mb = 4173.00 m = 13690.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.99 mb = 3089.55 m = 10136.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.25 mb = 1003.11 m = 3291.02 ft T: 18.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 24.72 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.58 mb = 1347.92 m = 4422.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 25.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 980.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.45 mb = 1212.38 m = 3977.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.45 mb = 1558.16 m = 5112.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.45 mb = 11718.54 m = 38446.19 ft B at Equ Level: 977.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.45 mb = 14198.54 m = 46582.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 35.27 Bulk Shear: 27.81 m/s