MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: MMMD ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 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 25.2 24.3 95 0.8 24.6 85 3 297.5 301.0 297.4 353.5 19.31 1 1000 95 25.6 24.1 91 1.5 24.5 89 7 298.7 302.2 297.7 354.8 19.21 2 950 547 23.2 21.5 90 1.7 22.1 104 17 300.8 303.9 297.0 351.5 17.27 3 900 1018 20.6 18.3 87 2.3 19.0 92 11 302.7 305.5 295.9 346.8 14.88 4 850 1511 17.6 16.1 90 1.6 16.5 102 4 304.6 307.2 295.6 345.3 13.63 5 800 2028 14.9 13.1 89 1.7 13.7 160 3 307.0 309.2 295.1 343.1 11.97 6 750 2573 11.8 10.4 91 1.5 10.9 147 4 309.4 311.4 294.7 341.7 10.59 7 700 3149 10.0 5.7 75 4.3 7.4 114 4 313.6 315.1 294.1 339.2 8.24 8 650 3762 6.6 1.2 68 5.4 3.6 154 2 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.8 6.44 9 600 4415 2.8 -2.8 67 5.6 -0.1 215 2 319.4 320.4 293.3 336.1 5.20 10 550 5114 -1.3 -8.0 60 6.7 -4.4 297 2 322.5 323.3 293.1 335.1 3.80 11 500 5868 -5.4 -14.9 47 9.5 -9.1 354 5 326.4 326.9 293.0 334.6 2.40 12 450 6687 -9.8 -23.7 31 13.8 -14.0 358 10 330.9 331.1 293.2 335.3 1.26 13 400 7586 -15.4 -34.2 18 18.8 -19.4 10 10 334.9 335.0 293.6 336.9 0.53 14 350 8579 -22.1 -43.1 13 21.0 -25.1 10 10 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.0 0.24 15 300 9695 -30.1 -52.1 10 21.9 -32.1 356 13 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.3 0.10 16 250 10965 -40.6 -57.0 15 16.4 -41.5 11 9 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 17 200 12440 -53.1 -63.0 29 9.9 -53.4 246 4 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14228 -68.4 -74.4 42 6.0 -68.5 218 6 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 19 100 16585 -80.2 -85.6 40 5.4 -80.2 123 7 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.20 m Freezing level: 565.83 mb = 4893.02 m = 16053.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.32 mb = 4397.27 m = 14426.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.11 mb = 111.24 m = 364.97 ft T: 25.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 931.57 m = 3056.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 34.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1083.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.24 mb = 674.16 m = 2211.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.24 mb = 1298.08 m = 4258.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.24 mb = 14176.90 m = 46511.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1073.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.0 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 136.0 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -14.1 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 254.66 Bulk Shear: 4.25 m/s