MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306051200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 6 JUN 23 Station: KMOT Latitude: 48.27 Longitude: -101.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 105 SFC 955 514 29.6 17.7 49 11.9 21.3 136 9 306.8 309.3 296.0 347.4 13.50 2 950 561 28.9 16.8 48 12.1 20.5 137 10 306.5 308.9 295.5 345.0 12.79 3 900 1039 24.3 15.4 58 8.9 18.2 140 10 306.5 308.8 295.1 343.5 12.31 4 850 1536 19.4 14.4 73 5.0 16.0 143 10 306.5 308.7 295.1 343.2 12.21 5 800 2054 14.6 12.6 88 2.0 13.3 154 8 306.7 308.8 294.6 341.3 11.51 6 750 2597 10.5 7.2 80 3.2 8.5 200 4 307.9 309.5 292.8 333.9 8.55 7 700 3167 6.5 0.4 65 6.1 3.2 203 4 309.7 310.8 290.9 327.1 5.63 8 650 3772 3.2 -1.8 70 5.0 0.7 185 2 312.6 313.6 291.4 328.8 5.16 9 600 4417 -0.8 -6.0 68 5.2 -3.2 155 2 315.2 316.0 291.2 328.3 4.07 10 550 5106 -4.6 -11.2 60 6.6 -7.3 144 3 318.6 319.1 291.2 328.3 2.95 11 500 5851 -9.0 -14.8 62 5.9 -11.1 133 4 322.1 322.6 291.8 330.2 2.42 12 450 6659 -14.2 -19.7 63 5.5 -15.9 122 6 325.4 325.8 292.2 331.6 1.79 13 400 7541 -20.3 -26.6 57 6.4 -21.8 120 9 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.5 1.08 14 350 8515 -27.3 -37.3 38 9.9 -28.8 113 5 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.6 0.44 15 300 9605 -36.4 -45.2 40 8.8 -37.2 92 3 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.9 0.22 16 250 10840 -46.7 -58.2 26 11.4 -47.1 79 5 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.06 17 200 12280 -57.9 -64.7 41 6.8 -58.0 123 16 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.03 18 150 14069 -61.2 -76.8 11 15.6 -61.4 106 16 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16595 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 81 17 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.07 m Freezing level: 609.67 mb = 4292.12 m = 14081.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.41 mb = 3879.34 m = 12727.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.95 mb = 2012.18 m = 6601.57 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 20.22 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2199.14 m = 7214.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1403.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.33 mb = 2135.28 m = 7005.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.33 mb = 2295.95 m = 7532.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.33 mb = 12687.27 m = 41624.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1378.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.33 mb = 15089.89 m = 49506.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.6 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 181.6 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 394.03 Bulk Shear: 3.56 m/s