MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510200000F024.nam218 Searching the city database file for: MMMD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 21 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 26.7 24.9 90 1.8 25.3 26 6 298.7 302.3 298.1 356.8 19.88 1 1000 123 26.8 24.0 85 2.8 24.7 34 12 300.0 303.5 297.9 356.0 19.11 2 950 577 24.1 21.4 85 2.7 22.1 57 16 301.6 304.8 297.1 352.0 17.09 3 900 1050 21.1 18.6 85 2.5 19.3 73 9 303.2 306.0 296.2 348.1 15.11 4 850 1542 17.1 16.0 93 1.1 16.4 74 7 304.1 306.6 295.4 344.6 13.58 5 800 2059 15.0 12.4 85 2.5 13.3 95 10 307.1 309.3 294.7 341.6 11.42 6 750 2604 12.2 9.2 82 3.0 10.3 99 11 309.9 311.7 294.3 339.9 9.81 7 700 3180 9.2 6.0 80 3.2 7.3 96 8 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.8 8.42 8 650 3791 5.7 2.6 80 3.1 3.9 83 8 315.4 316.8 293.8 337.9 7.12 9 600 4442 2.0 -1.9 75 3.9 -0.0 64 11 318.4 319.5 293.4 336.2 5.56 10 550 5140 -2.2 -13.1 43 10.9 -6.5 25 9 321.5 322.0 291.7 330.0 2.53 11 500 5890 -6.0 -39.4 5 33.4 -12.8 16 8 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.7 0.25 12 450 6706 -11.7 -42.8 6 31.1 -17.1 303 8 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.19 13 400 7597 -17.4 -50.3 4 32.9 -21.7 273 13 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.10 14 350 8584 -23.4 -60.2 2 36.9 -26.6 311 11 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 15 300 9696 -31.0 -60.3 4 29.3 -33.0 303 25 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.04 16 250 10958 -42.2 -62.1 10 20.0 -43.0 297 31 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.6 0.04 17 200 12430 -53.3 -70.0 11 16.6 -53.7 294 37 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14221 -66.9 -76.6 24 9.7 -67.0 305 25 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 19 100 16601 -77.4 -86.3 23 8.9 -77.5 318 9 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.51 m Freezing level: 576.09 mb = 4775.80 m = 15668.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.49 mb = 4435.72 m = 14552.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.99 mb = 238.67 m = 783.02 ft T: 26.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 30.02 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1068.26 m = 3504.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.24 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1718.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.17 mb = 798.92 m = 2621.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.17 mb = 1231.79 m = 4041.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.17 mb = 13773.96 m = 45189.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1713.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.6 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 95.6 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.8 neg: -2.9 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 445.75 Bulk Shear: 3.86 m/s