MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 39.93,-75.68 Latitude: 39.93 Longitude: -75.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 121 25.0 19.9 74 5.0 21.5 150 3 298.1 300.8 294.6 341.1 14.81 1 1000 123 25.6 19.8 70 5.8 21.5 158 4 298.8 301.4 294.7 341.5 14.68 2 950 572 22.1 18.2 79 3.9 19.4 189 12 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.3 13.95 3 900 1040 18.0 16.2 89 1.8 16.8 189 11 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.2 12.99 4 850 1527 14.5 13.5 94 1.0 13.8 196 10 301.3 303.4 293.1 335.2 11.51 5 800 2038 11.3 8.7 85 2.5 9.7 215 11 303.1 304.8 291.6 329.6 8.89 6 750 2574 8.1 2.7 69 5.4 5.1 225 15 305.3 306.5 290.0 324.2 6.20 7 700 3141 5.6 -3.3 53 8.9 1.3 229 17 308.7 309.5 289.4 322.0 4.28 8 650 3743 2.1 -2.3 72 4.4 -0.1 234 17 311.3 312.3 290.8 326.8 4.96 9 600 4385 -1.5 -5.3 75 3.8 -3.3 223 18 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.1 4.31 10 550 5074 -5.9 -7.3 90 1.4 -6.5 219 18 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.1 4.03 11 500 5816 -9.3 -10.5 91 1.2 -9.8 229 18 321.8 322.4 292.6 333.2 3.45 12 450 6621 -14.7 -16.6 85 1.9 -15.3 234 24 324.8 325.3 292.4 332.7 2.33 13 400 7502 -21.2 -22.2 91 1.1 -21.5 230 26 327.5 327.8 292.6 333.1 1.61 14 350 8474 -27.9 -34.8 52 6.8 -29.0 235 24 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.2 0.57 15 300 9561 -37.1 -44.5 46 7.4 -37.8 246 29 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.24 16 250 10793 -47.8 -51.2 68 3.4 -48.0 216 31 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12227 -55.8 -65.7 28 9.9 -56.0 235 39 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 14048 -59.1 -80.9 4 21.7 -59.3 252 33 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16557 -63.8 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 255 26 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.75 m Freezing level: 620.86 mb = 4117.45 m = 13508.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.60 mb = 3685.95 m = 12092.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.44 mb = 761.58 m = 2498.58 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 19.45 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.96 mb = 1183.54 m = 3882.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 28.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1022.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.45 mb = 1064.02 m = 3490.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.45 mb = 1304.95 m = 4281.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.45 mb = 11543.28 m = 37871.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1019.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.45 mb = 14367.87 m = 47138.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 79.23 Bulk Shear: 12.91 m/s