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: 39.99,-76.34 Latitude: 39.99 Longitude: -76.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 998 140 22.2 21.1 93 1.2 21.4 140 3 295.6 298.4 294.7 341.4 15.96 2 950 568 20.3 18.7 91 1.6 19.2 175 11 297.8 300.4 294.3 339.8 14.47 3 900 1034 17.3 16.7 97 0.5 16.9 177 12 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.4 13.42 4 850 1521 14.5 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 176 12 301.3 303.5 293.6 336.9 12.09 5 800 2032 11.7 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 177 12 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.6 10.74 6 750 2570 8.5 8.3 99 0.2 8.3 194 12 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.4 9.18 7 700 3138 5.1 4.5 96 0.7 4.8 224 16 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.3 7.56 8 650 3741 2.0 0.8 92 1.1 1.4 241 17 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.6 6.26 9 600 4382 -2.0 -3.2 91 1.2 -2.6 245 17 313.8 314.8 291.6 329.8 5.04 10 550 5071 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -5.0 234 16 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.7 4.76 11 500 5815 -9.4 -9.6 98 0.3 -9.5 236 18 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.7 3.68 12 450 6623 -14.7 -14.9 98 0.2 -14.7 237 22 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.8 2.68 13 400 7504 -20.8 -21.9 91 1.1 -21.1 231 25 327.9 328.2 292.7 333.7 1.65 14 350 8475 -28.1 -30.0 84 1.9 -28.5 234 29 330.8 331.0 292.8 334.1 0.90 15 300 9563 -37.0 -43.2 53 6.2 -37.6 244 29 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.28 16 250 10793 -48.6 -52.4 65 3.8 -48.8 221 34 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12227 -54.5 -68.6 16 14.1 -54.7 247 34 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14050 -59.0 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.2 253 34 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16559 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.3 -63.9 257 28 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.05 m Freezing level: 625.11 mb = 4059.88 m = 13319.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.58 mb = 3958.17 m = 12985.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.38 mb = 285.51 m = 936.70 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.62 mb = 885.59 m = 2905.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 992.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.02 mb = 741.99 m = 2434.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.02 mb = 1071.61 m = 3515.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.02 mb = 11441.19 m = 37536.26 ft B at Equ Level: 989.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.02 mb = 14216.43 m = 46641.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 58.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 65.07 Bulk Shear: 15.25 m/s