MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 37.96,-75.40 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -75.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 21.7 21.4 98 0.3 21.5 95 11 293.4 296.2 294.0 338.8 15.94 1 1000 146 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 100 19 294.0 296.8 293.9 338.1 15.46 2 950 592 19.3 19.4 100 -0.0 19.4 133 22 296.8 299.5 294.4 340.3 15.05 3 900 1057 17.5 17.4 99 0.1 17.4 156 20 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.4 13.99 4 850 1545 15.5 15.3 99 0.1 15.4 162 18 302.4 304.8 294.5 340.8 13.00 5 800 2059 13.1 12.7 98 0.3 12.9 164 16 305.1 307.3 294.3 339.9 11.65 6 750 2600 10.6 10.0 96 0.6 10.2 170 14 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.4 10.34 7 700 3173 7.6 6.8 95 0.7 7.1 180 13 310.9 312.6 293.9 338.3 8.92 8 650 3781 4.2 3.6 95 0.7 3.8 189 13 313.7 315.2 293.7 337.6 7.63 9 600 4428 0.3 0.1 98 0.3 0.2 191 12 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.8 6.42 10 550 5123 -2.9 -3.2 97 0.4 -3.0 188 10 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.5 5.49 11 500 5873 -7.1 -8.6 89 1.5 -7.7 187 10 324.4 325.2 293.7 337.8 4.01 12 450 6688 -11.9 -14.9 78 3.0 -13.0 182 10 328.3 328.8 293.7 337.5 2.68 13 400 7580 -18.1 -20.1 84 2.0 -18.7 202 14 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.2 1.93 14 350 8561 -25.8 -27.9 83 2.0 -26.3 213 26 333.9 334.2 293.8 338.0 1.11 15 300 9660 -34.1 -38.1 67 4.1 -34.6 195 37 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.2 0.47 16 250 10908 -45.1 -48.2 70 3.2 -45.3 191 47 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12356 -56.5 -59.8 66 3.3 -56.6 203 48 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14151 -64.2 -78.4 13 14.2 -64.3 214 38 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16605 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 217 22 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.81 m Freezing level: 595.09 mb = 4496.56 m = 14752.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.97 mb = 4468.83 m = 14661.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1012.98 mb = 34.74 m = 113.96 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 4.01 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.59 mb = 513.35 m = 1684.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 964.59 mb = 459.18 m = 1506.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.59 mb = 3295.75 m = 10812.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.59 mb = 6195.42 m = 20325.94 ft B at Equ Level: 55.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.59 mb = 12051.89 m = 39539.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.3 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 196.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.5 neg: -2.4 tot: 121.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 33.10 m/s