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: 41.01,-76.77 Latitude: 41.01 Longitude: -76.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 991 206 19.8 19.3 97 0.5 19.5 30 2 293.7 296.3 293.0 334.8 14.40 2 950 571 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 247 3 296.3 298.6 292.6 333.4 12.85 3 900 1034 16.1 14.5 90 1.6 15.1 218 9 298.1 300.2 292.2 331.9 11.62 4 850 1518 13.5 12.0 91 1.4 12.6 229 13 300.3 302.2 292.0 331.0 10.45 5 800 2027 10.3 9.7 96 0.6 9.9 224 17 302.1 303.8 291.7 330.2 9.48 6 750 2562 7.5 6.4 93 1.1 6.9 228 17 304.7 306.2 291.4 329.0 8.08 7 700 3128 4.5 2.8 89 1.7 3.5 240 16 307.4 308.7 291.1 327.9 6.70 8 650 3728 0.5 -0.4 94 0.9 0.1 246 15 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.4 5.75 9 600 4368 -1.4 -1.9 96 0.5 -1.7 252 16 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.0 5.55 10 550 5058 -5.1 -5.7 96 0.6 -5.4 246 17 318.1 318.9 292.4 332.8 4.56 11 500 5801 -9.6 -10.4 94 0.8 -9.9 239 20 321.4 322.0 292.4 332.8 3.46 12 450 6607 -15.4 -16.2 94 0.8 -15.6 240 22 323.9 324.4 292.3 332.1 2.41 13 400 7485 -21.3 -23.6 82 2.3 -21.9 238 26 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.3 1.42 14 350 8456 -28.3 -33.8 59 5.5 -29.2 236 28 330.6 330.7 292.5 332.9 0.63 15 300 9541 -37.4 -45.2 44 7.8 -38.1 235 37 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.23 16 250 10769 -48.7 -52.6 63 4.0 -48.8 234 37 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12205 -54.7 -67.0 21 12.3 -54.9 265 39 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14025 -59.5 -79.0 6 19.5 -59.7 247 37 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16541 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 259 29 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.07 m Freezing level: 636.14 mb = 3905.73 m = 12813.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.77 mb = 3755.85 m = 12322.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.21 mb = 265.24 m = 870.20 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.44 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1096.62 m = 3597.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.49 C = 76.09 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 33.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 113.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.50 mb = 850.30 m = 2789.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.50 mb = 1672.89 m = 5488.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 554.50 mb = 4993.34 m = 16382.14 ft B at Equ Level: 105.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.50 mb = 10912.41 m = 35801.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.6 neg: -2.5 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 19.21 m/s