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: 40.29,-76.64 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -76.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 996 162 22.0 20.1 89 1.9 20.7 58 2 295.5 298.3 294.0 338.7 15.04 2 950 569 19.9 17.8 88 2.1 18.5 168 3 297.4 299.9 293.6 336.9 13.63 3 900 1034 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.4 196 5 298.9 301.2 293.4 336.5 12.92 4 850 1520 14.1 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 207 7 300.9 303.1 293.0 334.9 11.55 5 800 2031 11.5 11.1 98 0.3 11.3 207 15 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.5 10.47 6 750 2569 8.4 8.2 99 0.2 8.3 219 20 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.2 9.15 7 700 3136 5.0 4.8 99 0.2 4.9 230 20 308.0 309.5 292.2 331.6 7.74 8 650 3738 1.4 0.7 95 0.7 1.0 237 20 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.7 6.20 9 600 4380 -1.3 -1.9 95 0.7 -1.6 240 21 314.7 315.7 292.3 332.2 5.55 10 550 5069 -5.4 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.7 238 20 317.7 318.5 292.3 332.0 4.46 11 500 5811 -9.8 -11.4 88 1.5 -10.4 231 23 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.7 3.21 12 450 6616 -15.1 -16.9 87 1.7 -15.7 230 26 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.9 2.27 13 400 7496 -20.9 -23.7 79 2.7 -21.6 229 29 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.8 1.42 14 350 8468 -27.9 -31.5 71 3.6 -28.5 235 29 331.1 331.3 292.8 334.0 0.79 15 300 9556 -37.2 -44.3 48 7.1 -37.8 241 29 333.0 333.0 292.8 333.9 0.25 16 250 10784 -48.9 -53.7 57 4.8 -49.1 229 34 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 17 200 12219 -54.3 -67.2 19 12.9 -54.5 258 34 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14041 -59.0 -80.4 5 21.4 -59.3 252 36 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16552 -63.5 -86.2 3 22.6 -63.7 257 31 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.62 m Freezing level: 623.96 mb = 4072.17 m = 13359.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.74 mb = 3979.27 m = 13055.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.22 mb = 404.49 m = 1327.06 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 9.01 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 983.98 m = 3228.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 596.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.28 mb = 824.04 m = 2703.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.28 mb = 1349.23 m = 4426.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.28 mb = 11396.69 m = 37390.25 ft B at Equ Level: 577.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.28 mb = 13350.47 m = 43800.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 78.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 16.03 Bulk Shear: 37.22 m/s