MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: MMMD ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 25 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 1014 9 26.8 25.8 94 1.0 26.0 107 3 298.7 302.5 298.7 360.1 21.00 1 1000 133 25.7 25.4 98 0.3 25.5 110 6 298.9 302.7 298.7 359.7 20.80 2 950 587 23.5 22.3 93 1.2 22.6 112 15 301.0 304.4 297.6 354.5 18.15 3 900 1059 21.0 17.7 81 3.4 18.7 104 13 303.2 305.8 295.6 345.5 14.26 4 850 1554 20.2 12.2 60 8.0 15.0 105 11 307.3 309.2 294.1 339.2 10.57 5 800 2075 17.4 7.6 53 9.8 11.4 115 11 309.6 311.2 293.0 334.8 8.21 6 750 2623 14.4 3.0 46 11.5 7.9 124 13 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.0 6.33 7 700 3201 10.7 -0.8 45 11.4 4.6 127 12 314.3 315.3 291.9 330.7 5.17 8 650 3814 6.5 -3.1 50 9.6 1.6 142 5 316.3 317.2 292.1 331.4 4.70 9 600 4466 2.1 -4.6 61 6.7 -1.2 200 3 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.1 4.52 10 550 5163 -2.3 -7.2 70 4.8 -4.6 213 6 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.6 4.07 11 500 5913 -7.2 -11.1 74 3.9 -8.8 223 8 324.2 324.9 293.1 335.2 3.27 12 450 6726 -12.1 -19.0 56 6.9 -14.4 226 6 328.0 328.3 292.9 334.5 1.89 13 400 7619 -16.8 -38.1 14 21.3 -20.7 296 6 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.6 0.36 14 350 8607 -23.3 -41.3 18 18.0 -25.9 292 10 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.5 0.29 15 300 9716 -31.9 -45.9 24 14.0 -33.3 264 13 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 16 250 10977 -42.1 -53.4 28 11.3 -42.8 301 14 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.11 17 200 12447 -53.4 -62.1 34 8.7 -53.7 340 26 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14247 -65.1 -74.9 25 9.7 -65.2 352 27 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16645 -76.7 -84.9 26 8.2 -76.7 2 12 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.15 m Freezing level: 576.67 mb = 4790.80 m = 15717.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.82 mb = 4174.97 m = 13697.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.97 % Est. max temperature: 34.17 C = 93.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.99 mb = 133.59 m = 438.29 ft T: 25.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 29.40 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 801.70 m = 2630.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 28.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2086.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.19 mb = 604.02 m = 1981.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.19 mb = 2586.89 m = 8487.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.19 mb = 13719.89 m = 45012.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2086.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.7 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 161.7 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: -8.8 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 1605.79 Bulk Shear: 1.30 m/s