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: 40.21,-76.32 Latitude: 40.21 Longitude: -76.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 996 147 27.0 20.8 69 6.2 22.6 170 4 300.5 303.4 295.9 346.6 15.73 2 950 563 23.2 18.8 77 4.3 20.2 171 6 300.7 303.4 295.1 343.5 14.57 3 900 1032 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.3 173 7 300.8 303.5 295.3 344.0 14.71 4 850 1521 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 204 11 302.4 304.7 294.4 340.6 12.94 5 800 2033 11.4 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 215 19 303.3 305.2 292.6 333.4 10.12 6 750 2569 7.6 4.0 78 3.6 5.6 223 23 304.8 306.1 290.4 325.4 6.82 7 700 3135 5.1 -6.2 44 11.3 -0.0 224 25 308.1 308.7 288.3 318.9 3.43 8 650 3736 2.1 -7.9 47 10.0 -2.3 221 24 311.3 312.0 289.3 321.7 3.24 9 600 4377 -1.9 -13.1 42 11.1 -6.2 222 23 313.9 314.3 289.2 321.5 2.33 10 550 5064 -5.6 -14.5 50 8.9 -8.9 231 21 317.4 317.8 290.2 324.9 2.26 11 500 5805 -10.3 -11.2 93 0.9 -10.6 235 26 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.3 3.26 12 450 6610 -14.6 -17.0 82 2.4 -15.4 231 30 324.9 325.3 292.4 332.6 2.25 13 400 7493 -20.0 -24.3 68 4.3 -21.1 231 30 329.0 329.3 292.7 333.8 1.34 14 350 8468 -27.4 -35.1 48 7.7 -28.7 240 30 331.7 331.9 292.7 333.8 0.55 15 300 9556 -37.4 -43.5 53 6.1 -37.9 240 27 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.27 16 250 10785 -48.6 -52.3 65 3.8 -48.7 236 43 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12216 -56.2 -63.0 42 6.9 -56.3 231 37 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14042 -58.2 -80.8 4 22.7 -58.4 251 33 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16558 -63.5 -87.2 3 23.7 -63.7 252 27 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.46 m Freezing level: 623.91 mb = 4070.78 m = 13355.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.35 mb = 3130.55 m = 10270.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.02 mb = 935.82 m = 3070.24 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 25.10 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1114.03 m = 3654.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.92 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 29.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1837.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.25 mb = 1067.62 m = 3502.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.25 mb = 1212.14 m = 3976.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.25 mb = 12499.69 m = 41008.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1803.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.25 mb = 15362.28 m = 50400.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 51.49 Bulk Shear: 35.69 m/s