MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 40.66,-80.51 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -80.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 977 325 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.4 180 4 293.8 296.3 292.4 332.4 13.53 2 950 565 17.5 17.4 99 0.1 17.5 205 14 295.0 297.4 292.6 333.1 13.31 3 900 1026 14.9 14.8 99 0.2 14.8 237 17 296.9 299.0 292.0 331.1 11.81 4 850 1508 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.5 232 20 298.5 300.3 291.0 327.6 9.98 5 800 2015 10.2 7.4 83 2.7 8.6 231 22 302.0 303.5 290.6 326.1 8.12 6 750 2551 8.6 4.8 77 3.8 6.4 232 23 305.9 307.2 291.0 327.7 7.19 7 700 3119 5.5 1.6 76 3.9 3.4 231 24 308.6 309.8 291.0 327.6 6.17 8 650 3722 2.2 -1.9 74 4.2 0.1 236 19 311.5 312.5 291.0 327.5 5.11 9 600 4365 -1.0 -7.0 64 6.0 -3.7 239 18 314.9 315.7 290.9 327.0 3.77 10 550 5053 -6.0 -9.7 75 3.7 -7.5 228 19 317.0 317.6 291.1 327.8 3.33 11 500 5792 -10.5 -14.5 72 4.0 -11.9 225 24 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.48 12 450 6596 -15.6 -20.7 65 5.2 -17.1 223 19 323.7 324.0 291.5 329.3 1.63 13 400 7474 -21.5 -27.1 61 5.6 -22.8 227 23 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.7 1.04 14 350 8443 -28.9 -33.9 62 5.0 -29.7 229 34 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.1 0.62 15 300 9526 -37.6 -42.7 59 5.0 -38.1 220 44 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.5 0.30 16 250 10756 -48.3 -53.5 55 5.1 -48.6 225 48 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.11 17 200 12194 -55.3 -67.0 22 11.7 -55.5 237 21 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 14015 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 254 38 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16532 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 264 26 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.63 m Freezing level: 615.65 mb = 4163.62 m = 13660.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.23 mb = 3743.82 m = 12282.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.21 % Est. max temperature: 24.93 C = 76.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.75 mb = 397.20 m = 1303.14 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 842.63 m = 2764.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.03 C = 69.85 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 29.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.58 mb = 805.16 m = 2641.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.58 mb = 944.80 m = 3099.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 778.58 mb = 2240.67 m = 7351.18 ft B at Equ Level: 36.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 608.58 mb = 4250.83 m = 13946.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 62.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.44 Bulk Shear: 13.14 m/s