MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: MMMD ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 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 1010 10 22.2 22.0 99 0.2 22.1 123 1 294.5 297.5 294.8 342.2 16.67 1 1000 97 22.9 22.3 96 0.6 22.5 80 4 296.1 299.2 295.6 345.5 17.17 2 950 547 22.9 17.9 73 5.0 19.5 97 9 300.4 303.0 294.5 340.7 13.72 3 900 1017 20.5 14.7 70 5.7 16.7 84 4 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.5 11.78 4 850 1509 17.6 14.5 82 3.1 15.5 253 2 304.6 306.9 294.6 341.3 12.31 5 800 2026 14.8 11.8 82 3.0 12.9 241 5 306.9 308.9 294.3 339.8 10.93 6 750 2571 12.3 8.0 75 4.2 9.6 212 3 309.9 311.6 293.7 337.5 9.02 7 700 3147 10.0 5.2 72 4.8 7.1 160 3 313.6 315.1 293.9 338.3 7.94 8 650 3760 6.4 2.3 75 4.1 4.1 204 2 316.2 317.5 293.9 338.2 6.96 9 600 4413 2.8 -1.0 76 3.8 0.7 301 2 319.3 320.5 293.9 338.4 5.93 10 550 5112 -1.3 -5.5 73 4.2 -3.4 352 3 322.5 323.4 293.7 337.6 4.61 11 500 5866 -5.9 -9.8 74 3.9 -7.6 355 4 325.8 326.6 293.8 338.0 3.63 12 450 6683 -10.7 -17.2 59 6.5 -13.0 347 5 329.8 330.3 293.7 337.5 2.21 13 400 7580 -15.9 -26.3 40 10.4 -18.7 9 4 334.3 334.5 293.9 338.4 1.11 14 350 8573 -22.4 -36.3 27 13.9 -24.9 350 8 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.4 0.49 15 300 9687 -30.5 -43.7 26 13.2 -32.0 335 5 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.5 0.27 16 250 10956 -40.5 -51.0 32 10.4 -41.2 333 10 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.4 0.14 17 200 12435 -52.4 -62.6 28 10.2 -52.7 317 9 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14227 -68.3 -73.7 46 5.4 -68.4 293 2 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.01 19 100 16587 -79.2 -86.5 29 7.4 -79.1 55 3 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.54 m Freezing level: 566.40 mb = 4882.78 m = 16019.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.19 mb = 4531.72 m = 14867.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1007.77 mb = 30.07 m = 98.67 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 8.06 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1653.65 m = 5425.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.97 C = 91.34 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2666.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.12 mb = 910.48 m = 2987.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.5 at 3.5 knts Storm direction: 143.5 at 2.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: -8.0 tot: 2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 27.42 Bulk Shear: 0.94 m/s