MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 42.19,-74.61 Latitude: 42.19 Longitude: -74.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 559 SFC 938 667 18.2 17.1 93 1.1 17.5 256 5 296.7 299.1 293.0 334.9 13.22 3 900 1020 14.7 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 269 12 296.6 298.8 291.8 330.3 11.65 4 850 1504 13.9 12.2 89 1.8 12.8 271 17 300.7 302.7 292.2 331.7 10.53 5 800 2014 11.4 10.2 93 1.1 10.7 261 21 303.3 305.1 292.4 332.6 9.84 6 750 2552 8.6 7.9 96 0.6 8.2 251 26 305.9 307.5 292.5 332.9 8.97 7 700 3120 5.4 4.1 91 1.3 4.6 252 31 308.5 309.8 292.0 330.9 7.34 8 650 3723 1.9 0.2 88 1.8 1.0 254 32 311.1 312.3 291.6 329.7 5.97 9 600 4364 -1.9 -3.7 87 1.8 -2.8 256 27 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.2 4.84 10 550 5052 -6.0 -8.6 82 2.6 -7.1 248 22 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.7 3.62 11 500 5792 -10.5 -14.3 74 3.8 -11.9 241 25 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.6 2.53 12 450 6595 -15.5 -18.1 81 2.6 -16.3 239 31 323.7 324.1 291.9 330.7 2.05 13 400 7474 -21.2 -27.1 59 5.9 -22.5 235 34 327.4 327.7 292.0 331.1 1.04 14 350 8444 -28.5 -33.6 61 5.2 -29.3 238 31 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.7 0.64 15 300 9529 -37.3 -42.2 60 4.9 -37.8 232 31 332.7 332.8 292.8 333.9 0.31 16 250 10761 -47.5 -50.9 68 3.4 -47.7 232 42 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12191 -59.3 -62.0 71 2.6 -59.4 231 45 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 18 150 14004 -57.6 -81.1 4 23.5 -57.8 247 42 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16527 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 245 27 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.50 m Freezing level: 624.93 mb = 4044.44 m = 13269.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3888.98 m = 12758.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.63 mb = 799.31 m = 2622.38 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 4.60 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.13 mb = 1642.59 m = 5389.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.36 mb = 1255.27 m = 4118.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.36 mb = 4096.94 m = 13441.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 470.36 mb = 6257.56 m = 20529.81 ft B at Equ Level: 33.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 380.36 mb = 7839.68 m = 25720.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 30.71 m/s