MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Searching the city database file for: MMMD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 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 1011 10 24.8 23.9 95 0.8 24.2 42 5 297.0 300.4 297.0 351.4 18.80 1 1000 104 25.0 23.8 93 1.2 24.2 45 10 298.2 301.6 297.3 353.1 18.89 2 950 557 25.1 19.3 70 5.8 21.0 31 18 302.6 305.4 296.0 346.9 14.99 3 900 1031 23.3 15.7 62 7.6 18.1 58 11 305.5 307.8 295.0 343.0 12.54 4 850 1528 19.9 14.3 70 5.6 16.1 74 8 307.0 309.2 295.1 343.5 12.14 5 800 2047 15.9 12.8 82 3.1 13.8 97 4 308.1 310.3 295.1 343.5 11.70 6 750 2593 12.7 8.0 73 4.7 9.8 187 6 310.4 312.1 293.8 338.0 9.01 7 700 3171 11.3 0.7 48 10.6 5.4 213 9 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.1 5.74 8 650 3785 7.5 -6.8 36 14.2 0.7 227 9 317.4 318.1 291.4 328.9 3.54 9 600 4438 3.2 -11.0 35 14.1 -2.9 226 11 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.76 10 550 5138 -1.1 -15.7 32 14.6 -6.7 230 13 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.7 2.05 11 500 5890 -5.7 -22.0 26 16.3 -10.9 246 15 326.1 326.4 291.9 330.8 1.32 12 450 6708 -9.8 -31.7 15 21.9 -15.1 252 8 330.9 331.1 292.6 333.2 0.60 13 400 7607 -15.5 -24.9 44 9.4 -18.1 288 4 334.9 335.1 294.2 339.5 1.27 14 350 8601 -22.1 -38.3 22 16.1 -24.9 261 7 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.5 0.40 15 300 9716 -30.6 -38.6 45 8.0 -31.7 306 9 342.3 342.4 295.3 344.0 0.45 16 250 10983 -41.1 -49.3 41 8.2 -41.6 321 16 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.7 0.17 17 200 12456 -53.7 -60.9 41 7.2 -53.8 296 12 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14247 -66.4 -75.3 28 8.9 -66.5 282 14 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16622 -77.6 -83.6 37 6.0 -77.6 181 2 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.62 m Freezing level: 562.90 mb = 4957.17 m = 16263.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3911.01 m = 12831.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.92 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.94 mb = 113.21 m = 371.42 ft T: 25.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1761.31 m = 5778.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.26 C = 95.47 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 29.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 466.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.35 mb = 1018.10 m = 3340.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.35 mb = 3958.31 m = 12986.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.35 mb = 12570.70 m = 41241.95 ft B at Equ Level: 462.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.35 mb = 15252.13 m = 50039.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.9 neg: -25.2 tot: 54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 7.12 Bulk Shear: 65.45 m/s