MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 39.54,-76.10 Latitude: 39.54 Longitude: -76.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 45 27.3 19.4 62 7.9 21.8 191 8 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.2 14.18 1 1000 119 26.3 18.5 62 7.8 20.9 193 9 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.0 13.54 2 950 569 21.9 17.2 75 4.6 18.7 193 13 299.4 301.8 293.8 337.8 13.14 3 900 1036 19.1 14.6 75 4.5 16.1 210 11 301.2 303.4 293.2 335.7 11.71 4 850 1526 15.8 10.9 73 4.8 12.7 225 15 302.6 304.4 292.1 331.5 9.71 5 800 2037 12.1 5.6 64 6.5 8.3 226 16 304.1 305.4 290.5 325.6 7.14 6 750 2575 8.8 -1.9 47 10.6 3.4 223 18 306.1 306.9 288.6 319.8 4.44 7 700 3142 5.6 -10.9 29 16.5 -1.2 222 22 308.7 309.2 287.5 316.3 2.38 8 650 3743 2.1 -10.9 38 13.0 -3.2 220 24 311.3 311.8 288.6 319.5 2.56 9 600 4384 -2.0 -13.7 40 11.7 -6.4 223 24 313.8 314.3 289.1 321.1 2.22 10 550 5070 -5.4 -13.8 52 8.4 -8.6 238 23 317.7 318.1 290.5 325.6 2.39 11 500 5813 -9.5 -13.8 71 4.3 -11.1 240 27 321.4 321.9 291.7 330.2 2.63 12 450 6619 -14.2 -20.4 59 6.2 -16.1 231 30 325.4 325.7 292.0 331.1 1.67 13 400 7502 -20.2 -25.1 65 4.9 -21.4 232 28 328.7 329.0 292.6 333.1 1.24 14 350 8477 -27.6 -33.2 59 5.5 -28.6 250 23 331.5 331.6 292.8 334.0 0.67 15 300 9564 -37.2 -42.5 58 5.3 -37.7 240 25 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.30 16 250 10796 -47.4 -50.8 68 3.4 -47.6 229 39 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.2 0.14 17 200 12232 -57.1 -62.9 47 5.9 -57.2 236 41 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.04 18 150 14056 -58.2 -81.4 4 23.2 -58.4 250 33 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16567 -64.3 -85.9 4 21.5 -64.5 251 23 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.06 m Freezing level: 624.40 mb = 4071.32 m = 13357.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.52 mb = 2995.86 m = 9828.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.79 mb = 1048.00 m = 3438.29 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 24.86 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.16 mb = 1593.76 m = 5228.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 19.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 544.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.67 mb = 1212.56 m = 3978.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.67 mb = 2072.10 m = 6798.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.67 mb = 11148.85 m = 36577.15 ft B at Equ Level: 543.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.67 mb = 13388.06 m = 43923.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -1.7 tot: 34.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 28.65 Bulk Shear: 19.00 m/s