MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 39.48,-74.58 Latitude: 39.48 Longitude: -74.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 8 27.2 18.5 59 8.7 21.2 196 9 299.1 301.5 293.8 338.0 13.33 1 1000 135 24.7 17.3 63 7.4 19.6 202 10 297.8 300.1 292.8 334.0 12.48 2 950 583 20.5 15.2 71 5.3 17.0 227 13 298.0 300.1 292.1 331.5 11.51 3 900 1048 17.1 16.2 95 0.9 16.5 243 18 299.1 301.5 293.6 337.1 13.00 4 850 1536 15.7 9.8 68 5.9 12.0 247 14 302.6 304.3 291.5 329.2 8.96 5 800 2049 12.7 7.0 68 5.7 9.3 251 13 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.3 7.87 6 750 2588 9.4 3.5 66 5.9 6.1 252 14 306.8 308.0 290.8 326.8 6.57 7 700 3156 5.8 0.4 69 5.3 2.9 247 18 308.9 309.9 290.7 326.3 5.65 8 650 3758 1.8 -5.1 60 6.9 -1.4 233 19 311.0 311.8 289.9 323.7 4.02 9 600 4398 -2.3 -14.8 38 12.6 -6.9 227 21 313.5 313.9 288.8 320.1 2.01 10 550 5084 -6.3 -20.3 32 14.0 -10.6 230 23 316.6 316.9 289.1 321.3 1.38 11 500 5824 -9.1 -28.6 19 19.4 -14.0 232 25 321.9 322.1 290.1 324.5 0.72 12 450 6632 -13.9 -30.3 24 16.3 -17.7 232 27 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.69 13 400 7513 -20.9 -29.5 46 8.5 -22.7 228 22 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.8 0.83 14 350 8485 -27.9 -42.0 25 14.1 -29.6 226 25 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.27 15 300 9572 -36.8 -46.3 37 9.5 -37.6 235 23 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.20 16 250 10807 -46.7 -55.3 37 8.6 -47.0 250 22 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 17 200 12249 -56.6 -64.5 36 7.9 -56.8 231 31 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 18 150 14073 -58.1 -80.6 4 22.5 -58.3 233 40 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 19 100 16576 -65.5 -85.1 5 19.5 -65.7 248 24 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.17 m Freezing level: 627.81 mb = 4042.44 m = 13262.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.44 mb = 3555.35 m = 11664.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.96 mb = 1105.90 m = 3628.24 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.97 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1881.02 m = 6171.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.10 C = 89.78 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 29.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.06 mb = 1172.03 m = 3845.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.06 mb = 3367.15 m = 11046.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 512.06 mb = 5638.83 m = 18499.87 ft B at Equ Level: 71.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 342.06 mb = 8646.63 m = 28367.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.6 neg: -4.0 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.20 Bulk Shear: 11.59 m/s