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: 39.65,-75.79 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -75.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 51 28.0 19.9 61 8.2 22.3 205 7 300.5 303.2 295.1 343.4 14.62 1 1000 118 27.0 19.2 62 7.8 21.5 206 7 300.2 302.7 294.7 341.5 14.11 2 950 569 22.5 18.1 76 4.4 19.5 208 8 300.0 302.5 294.5 340.7 13.90 3 900 1037 18.3 15.8 86 2.4 16.7 212 8 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.5 12.68 4 850 1525 15.0 12.3 84 2.6 13.3 228 12 301.8 303.8 292.6 333.3 10.65 5 800 2036 11.6 8.8 83 2.8 9.9 227 16 303.5 305.1 291.7 330.1 8.93 6 750 2573 8.6 2.8 67 5.8 5.4 229 21 305.9 307.1 290.3 324.9 6.26 7 700 3141 5.4 -0.5 66 5.9 2.4 233 23 308.5 309.5 290.2 324.8 5.29 8 650 3743 2.2 -7.9 47 10.1 -2.2 232 22 311.5 312.1 289.3 321.8 3.25 9 600 4384 -1.3 -13.1 40 11.8 -5.8 233 19 314.6 315.1 289.5 322.3 2.33 10 550 5073 -5.2 -10.4 67 5.2 -7.4 238 19 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.2 3.15 11 500 5815 -9.8 -11.5 87 1.7 -10.5 237 22 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.6 3.17 12 450 6621 -14.7 -19.3 68 4.6 -16.1 228 27 324.8 325.2 292.0 331.2 1.85 13 400 7503 -20.4 -27.1 55 6.7 -21.9 226 25 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.2 1.04 14 350 8477 -27.6 -34.0 54 6.4 -28.6 232 24 331.5 331.7 292.7 333.8 0.62 15 300 9565 -36.7 -42.4 55 5.7 -37.2 238 31 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.9 0.31 16 250 10798 -47.8 -51.7 64 3.9 -48.0 229 42 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12231 -56.9 -65.5 33 8.6 -57.1 231 46 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14051 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 243 35 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16561 -64.7 -85.6 4 20.9 -64.8 252 24 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.55 m Freezing level: 618.36 mb = 4148.81 m = 13611.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.14 mb = 3446.37 m = 11306.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.65 mb = 1088.23 m = 3570.28 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 21.60 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.59 mb = 1272.08 m = 4173.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 31.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1003.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.63 mb = 1155.44 m = 3790.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.63 mb = 1399.31 m = 4590.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.63 mb = 11837.55 m = 38836.65 ft B at Equ Level: 998.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.63 mb = 14363.09 m = 47122.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 66.08 Bulk Shear: 15.18 m/s