MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Searching the city database file for: MMMD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: MMMD Latitude: 20.98 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 10 24.5 23.8 96 0.7 24.0 46 2 296.4 299.8 296.7 350.2 18.62 1 1000 133 25.1 23.7 92 1.4 24.1 55 6 298.3 301.7 297.3 353.0 18.79 2 950 586 23.9 21.3 85 2.6 22.0 110 16 301.4 304.5 297.0 351.5 16.99 3 900 1058 20.8 16.7 77 4.1 17.9 113 14 302.9 305.4 294.9 342.5 13.37 4 850 1550 18.0 13.4 75 4.6 15.0 95 15 305.0 307.1 294.1 339.3 11.47 5 800 2068 16.5 6.1 50 10.4 10.3 95 14 308.7 310.1 292.1 331.4 7.40 6 750 2615 14.2 -0.5 36 14.7 6.3 103 16 312.0 313.0 291.0 327.5 4.92 7 700 3192 10.2 -1.6 44 11.8 4.1 98 16 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.2 4.88 8 650 3804 6.3 -10.8 28 17.0 -1.1 99 15 316.1 316.6 290.1 324.5 2.59 9 600 4454 2.2 -8.2 46 10.4 -2.5 97 15 318.7 319.4 291.7 330.0 3.44 10 550 5152 -1.3 -14.0 37 12.7 -6.3 91 15 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.5 2.36 11 500 5906 -5.5 -20.7 29 15.2 -10.5 79 14 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.5 1.47 12 450 6723 -10.7 -24.2 32 13.6 -14.6 72 12 329.8 330.1 292.8 334.1 1.19 13 400 7618 -17.0 -25.9 46 9.0 -19.3 81 13 332.9 333.2 293.6 337.1 1.16 14 350 8606 -23.4 -26.2 78 2.8 -24.1 112 15 337.2 337.5 294.8 341.9 1.29 15 300 9717 -31.0 -34.3 73 3.3 -31.6 94 8 341.6 341.8 295.3 344.3 0.69 16 250 10985 -40.9 -48.0 46 7.1 -41.5 62 8 345.2 345.2 295.7 346.0 0.20 17 200 12457 -53.7 -62.3 35 8.5 -53.9 332 3 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14243 -67.8 -71.8 56 4.0 -67.8 272 8 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.02 19 100 16629 -74.0 -85.2 16 11.3 -74.0 49 19 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.81 m Freezing level: 568.30 mb = 4896.90 m = 16065.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.60 mb = 3670.44 m = 12041.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.99 mb = 89.37 m = 293.20 ft T: 24.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 25.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.73 mb = 1108.20 m = 3635.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 25.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1053.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.40 mb = 749.13 m = 2457.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.40 mb = 2986.97 m = 9799.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.40 mb = 13561.52 m = 44492.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1045.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.40 mb = 16209.20 m = 53179.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.7 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 126.7 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.6 neg: -7.7 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 189.11 Bulk Shear: 5.57 m/s