MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 41.24,-74.63 Latitude: 41.24 Longitude: -74.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 986 248 22.0 19.0 83 3.0 19.9 249 6 296.4 298.9 293.6 337.2 14.16 2 950 568 19.8 17.8 88 2.0 18.5 251 13 297.3 299.8 293.5 336.7 13.61 3 900 1032 16.6 13.7 83 2.9 14.7 259 15 298.6 300.6 291.9 330.6 11.00 4 850 1518 14.3 10.5 78 3.8 11.9 252 24 301.1 302.8 291.4 328.9 9.42 5 800 2028 11.6 7.7 77 3.9 9.3 247 29 303.5 305.0 291.2 328.2 8.25 6 750 2565 8.4 4.7 78 3.7 6.3 245 31 305.7 307.0 290.9 327.3 7.16 7 700 3132 4.5 1.6 82 2.9 2.9 241 28 307.4 308.6 290.6 326.3 6.15 8 650 3731 0.4 -0.3 95 0.7 0.0 236 27 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.3 5.78 9 600 4371 -2.0 -2.7 95 0.7 -2.3 235 28 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.4 5.25 10 550 5059 -5.3 -6.1 94 0.8 -5.7 235 29 317.8 318.6 292.3 332.0 4.40 11 500 5802 -9.2 -10.4 91 1.2 -9.7 238 26 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.2 3.46 12 450 6610 -14.4 -16.0 88 1.6 -14.9 245 24 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.5 2.45 13 400 7491 -20.9 -23.0 83 2.2 -21.4 239 24 327.9 328.2 292.6 333.1 1.50 14 350 8463 -28.1 -30.9 77 2.8 -28.6 234 26 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.83 15 300 9549 -37.2 -40.3 73 3.1 -37.5 231 32 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10781 -47.9 -51.2 68 3.4 -48.0 228 40 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12210 -57.9 -65.1 39 7.2 -58.0 227 45 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 18 150 14029 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 246 39 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16545 -63.0 -87.0 3 24.0 -63.3 243 34 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.34 m Freezing level: 641.65 mb = 3837.60 m = 12590.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.97 mb = 3743.38 m = 12281.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.48 mb = 626.94 m = 2056.86 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.88 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.48 mb = 1305.44 m = 4282.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: 0.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 31.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 140.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.14 mb = 1021.07 m = 3349.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.14 mb = 2387.68 m = 7833.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 486.14 mb = 6017.62 m = 19742.60 ft B at Equ Level: 138.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.14 mb = 11713.14 m = 38428.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.4 neg: -17.2 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.90 Bulk Shear: 28.70 m/s