MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: MMMD ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 20 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 1013 10 28.1 24.3 80 3.8 25.3 21 7 300.2 303.7 298.0 356.6 19.22 1 1000 119 27.5 23.9 81 3.6 24.8 24 13 300.6 304.1 298.0 356.4 18.96 2 950 574 25.1 17.2 62 7.9 19.6 29 19 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.3 13.08 3 900 1047 22.4 15.1 64 7.3 17.5 24 14 304.6 306.8 294.5 340.7 12.10 4 850 1542 18.7 13.4 71 5.3 15.2 26 10 305.7 307.9 294.3 340.0 11.42 5 800 2060 15.0 12.6 86 2.4 13.4 26 6 307.2 309.3 294.8 342.1 11.57 6 750 2604 11.6 8.7 82 2.9 9.8 33 6 309.2 311.0 293.8 338.0 9.45 7 700 3178 8.7 2.5 65 6.2 5.2 35 11 312.1 313.4 292.4 332.6 6.56 8 650 3788 6.1 -7.1 38 13.3 -0.0 39 14 315.9 316.5 290.9 327.0 3.44 9 600 4440 3.2 -19.2 18 22.4 -4.8 48 13 319.9 320.1 290.2 324.6 1.40 10 550 5140 -0.4 -13.6 36 13.3 -5.8 54 8 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.8 2.43 11 500 5896 -4.4 -16.2 39 11.8 -8.8 38 5 327.7 328.2 293.1 335.2 2.16 12 450 6718 -9.3 -30.3 16 21.0 -14.6 18 10 331.6 331.7 292.8 334.1 0.69 13 400 7617 -15.7 -34.2 19 18.5 -19.6 354 7 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.6 0.53 14 350 8609 -22.6 -41.3 17 18.7 -25.5 290 7 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.4 0.29 15 300 9724 -30.2 -49.2 14 18.9 -32.1 298 11 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.14 16 250 10993 -40.8 -56.1 18 15.2 -41.7 249 11 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 17 200 12466 -53.7 -63.2 30 9.6 -53.9 255 11 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14252 -67.9 -76.4 29 8.4 -68.0 291 10 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 19 100 16615 -78.8 -86.0 29 7.3 -78.8 246 3 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.71 m Freezing level: 555.23 mb = 5066.66 m = 16622.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.37 mb = 3783.68 m = 12413.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.36 % Est. max temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.09 mb = 489.56 m = 1606.15 ft T: 25.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 17.42 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1742.51 m = 5716.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.25 C = 93.65 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 2.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 17.73 C K Index: 30.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.15 mb = 1230.43 m = 4036.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.15 mb = 2315.05 m = 7595.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.15 mb = 10823.50 m = 35509.73 ft B at Equ Level: 195.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.15 mb = 14002.83 m = 45940.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.6 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 65.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.7 neg: -20.1 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 81.75 Bulk Shear: 2.41 m/s