MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.26,-74.53 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -74.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 35 25.6 23.0 86 2.6 23.8 163 10 298.3 301.6 296.7 350.4 17.90 1 1000 78 25.3 22.9 86 2.4 23.6 163 10 298.5 301.7 296.7 350.5 17.86 2 950 529 22.3 19.7 86 2.5 20.5 183 29 299.8 302.6 295.5 344.9 15.42 3 900 999 20.6 15.1 71 5.5 17.0 195 32 302.8 305.0 294.0 338.6 12.11 4 850 1490 16.8 13.9 83 2.9 14.9 210 39 303.8 306.0 294.1 339.0 11.83 5 800 2005 13.0 10.6 85 2.4 11.5 205 42 305.0 306.9 293.2 335.3 10.09 6 750 2544 9.8 9.6 99 0.1 9.7 210 44 307.2 309.1 293.7 337.6 10.07 7 700 3115 6.5 5.7 95 0.7 6.1 224 46 309.7 311.2 293.0 335.0 8.26 8 650 3721 3.3 2.4 94 0.9 2.8 228 46 312.6 314.0 292.9 334.5 7.01 9 600 4367 -0.2 -0.9 95 0.7 -0.6 229 47 315.9 317.0 293.0 334.8 5.97 10 550 5059 -3.5 -4.4 94 0.8 -4.0 229 47 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.2 5.03 11 500 5809 -6.7 -7.0 98 0.3 -6.8 235 45 324.9 325.8 294.3 339.9 4.54 12 450 6625 -11.9 -12.0 99 0.1 -11.9 238 44 328.3 329.0 294.3 339.7 3.38 13 400 7516 -17.9 -19.0 91 1.1 -18.3 238 49 331.7 332.2 294.1 339.2 2.13 14 350 8501 -24.5 -27.2 78 2.7 -25.1 239 51 335.8 336.0 294.3 340.0 1.17 15 300 9606 -32.6 -35.8 73 3.2 -33.0 239 58 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.8 0.60 16 250 10865 -42.3 -47.0 60 4.7 -42.7 239 62 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.22 17 200 12331 -54.2 -58.9 56 4.7 -54.4 244 67 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14125 -65.2 -77.3 17 12.1 -65.3 252 59 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16567 -67.2 -84.0 8 16.7 -67.4 263 27 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.98 m Freezing level: 603.04 mb = 4327.59 m = 14197.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.48 mb = 4253.66 m = 13955.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.38 mb = 360.18 m = 1181.67 ft T: 23.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 11.88 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1291.04 m = 4235.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.16 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 775.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.00 mb = 873.99 m = 2867.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.00 mb = 1610.90 m = 5285.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.00 mb = 11470.04 m = 37630.90 ft B at Equ Level: 772.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.00 mb = 15080.20 m = 49475.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 382.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 382.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 6.57 Bulk Shear: 118.00 m/s