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: 38.57,-71.14 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -71.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -2 19.9 19.6 98 0.3 19.7 63 20 291.5 294.0 292.2 331.6 14.22 1 1000 161 18.1 17.8 98 0.3 17.9 65 26 291.3 293.6 291.1 327.8 12.96 2 950 602 17.1 17.1 100 0.0 17.1 79 25 294.6 296.9 292.2 331.8 13.02 3 900 1065 16.4 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 102 24 298.4 300.7 293.3 336.2 12.99 4 850 1552 15.0 14.9 99 0.1 14.9 122 23 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.1 12.61 5 800 2065 12.9 12.7 99 0.1 12.8 140 22 304.9 307.0 294.2 339.6 11.64 6 750 2606 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.3 155 21 307.9 309.8 294.3 339.8 10.53 7 700 3179 7.8 7.6 99 0.2 7.7 167 20 311.1 312.9 294.3 340.1 9.44 8 650 3787 4.9 4.6 98 0.3 4.7 177 18 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.2 8.22 9 600 4437 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.5 187 16 316.9 318.2 293.8 337.9 6.60 10 550 5132 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 201 14 321.0 322.1 294.1 339.1 5.58 11 500 5884 -6.4 -7.3 93 1.0 -6.8 224 13 325.3 326.1 294.3 339.9 4.42 12 450 6701 -11.0 -12.5 89 1.5 -11.6 243 16 329.4 330.0 294.4 340.5 3.26 13 400 7597 -16.8 -18.8 85 1.9 -17.5 252 20 333.1 333.5 294.5 340.7 2.17 14 350 8584 -24.2 -26.8 79 2.6 -24.8 247 24 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.6 1.22 15 300 9689 -32.9 -35.8 75 2.9 -33.3 237 24 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10943 -43.7 -47.1 69 3.4 -43.9 219 23 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.22 17 200 12396 -57.4 -61.4 61 3.9 -57.5 200 26 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14173 -65.6 -75.9 23 10.3 -65.6 237 39 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16616 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 245 25 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.47 m Freezing level: 589.17 mb = 4587.13 m = 15049.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.81 mb = 4546.40 m = 14915.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1014.96 mb = 34.30 m = 112.52 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 3.80 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 981.25 mb = 324.17 m = 1063.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.92 C = 69.66 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5398.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 966.57 mb = 453.78 m = 1488.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.4 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 177.4 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 199.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 106.15 m/s