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: 39.60,-75.97 Latitude: 39.60 Longitude: -75.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 27.6 19.2 60 8.4 21.7 193 8 300.1 302.6 294.6 341.0 13.99 1 1000 118 26.6 18.4 60 8.3 20.9 194 9 299.8 302.2 294.1 339.0 13.40 2 950 569 22.2 17.2 73 5.0 18.8 194 13 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.0 13.11 3 900 1037 19.2 14.3 74 4.8 16.0 207 11 301.3 303.4 293.1 335.1 11.48 4 850 1526 15.7 10.6 72 5.1 12.6 223 15 302.6 304.4 292.0 330.9 9.51 5 800 2038 12.2 6.0 66 6.1 8.6 225 17 304.1 305.5 290.6 326.3 7.37 6 750 2575 8.7 -1.0 50 9.7 3.8 222 18 306.0 306.9 288.9 320.5 4.73 7 700 3142 5.6 -9.8 32 15.4 -0.9 221 22 308.7 309.2 287.8 317.0 2.59 8 650 3744 2.1 -10.8 38 12.8 -3.2 220 24 311.3 311.8 288.6 319.6 2.59 9 600 4384 -1.9 -14.1 39 12.1 -6.5 224 23 313.9 314.3 289.0 320.9 2.14 10 550 5071 -5.5 -18.9 34 13.5 -9.9 239 22 317.6 317.9 289.6 322.9 1.56 11 500 5813 -9.4 -14.0 69 4.6 -11.1 241 26 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.2 2.59 12 450 6619 -14.2 -21.1 56 6.9 -16.3 232 30 325.3 325.7 291.9 330.8 1.58 13 400 7502 -20.2 -25.6 62 5.4 -21.5 232 28 328.7 328.9 292.5 332.9 1.19 14 350 8476 -27.6 -33.6 57 5.9 -28.6 250 24 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.9 0.64 15 300 9563 -37.2 -42.9 55 5.8 -37.7 240 25 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.29 16 250 10796 -47.4 -50.8 68 3.4 -47.6 231 40 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.14 17 200 12232 -57.2 -62.8 49 5.6 -57.3 236 41 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 14056 -58.2 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.4 250 34 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16566 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 251 23 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.21 m Freezing level: 624.20 mb = 4074.21 m = 13366.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.28 mb = 3033.65 m = 9952.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.33 mb = 1119.55 m = 3673.02 ft T: 18.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 24.08 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1623.33 m = 5325.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 20.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 538.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.12 mb = 1266.81 m = 4156.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.12 mb = 2025.76 m = 6646.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.12 mb = 11301.19 m = 37076.95 ft B at Equ Level: 533.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.12 mb = 13602.26 m = 44626.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 29.82 Bulk Shear: 18.07 m/s