MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306081200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 9 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 51 1 950 507 SFC 949 513 29.7 17.5 48 12.2 21.2 87 4 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.8 13.40 3 900 987 25.7 14.1 49 11.6 17.9 93 4 308.0 310.1 294.8 342.1 11.29 4 850 1486 20.8 13.2 62 7.6 15.7 96 4 307.9 310.0 294.8 342.0 11.27 5 800 2006 15.7 12.1 79 3.6 13.4 99 4 307.9 310.0 294.7 341.7 11.18 6 750 2550 10.6 10.2 98 0.4 10.4 111 3 308.1 310.0 294.3 339.9 10.50 7 700 3122 6.6 5.5 93 1.1 6.0 324 7 309.8 311.4 293.0 334.8 8.14 8 650 3727 3.0 1.1 87 1.9 2.0 329 10 312.4 313.6 292.3 332.4 6.41 9 600 4372 -0.6 -4.8 73 4.1 -2.6 330 11 315.4 316.2 291.6 329.7 4.47 10 550 5062 -4.5 -18.2 33 13.7 -9.1 337 11 318.8 319.1 290.1 324.4 1.66 11 500 5806 -9.3 -26.9 22 17.7 -13.9 320 10 321.8 321.9 290.2 324.7 0.84 12 450 6611 -15.2 -33.0 20 17.8 -18.8 299 13 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.1 0.53 13 400 7488 -22.0 -35.5 28 13.5 -24.3 289 15 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.46 14 350 8454 -29.5 -41.6 30 12.0 -30.9 289 14 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.29 15 300 9535 -37.8 -46.7 39 9.0 -38.4 298 10 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.19 16 250 10768 -46.6 -55.2 37 8.6 -46.9 309 7 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.09 17 200 12213 -56.6 -66.8 27 10.1 -56.8 299 11 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 18 150 14013 -60.3 -75.0 13 14.7 -60.5 282 15 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16547 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -59.9 63 6 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.55 m Freezing level: 608.71 mb = 4259.94 m = 13976.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.27 mb = 4001.41 m = 13127.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.36 mb = 2055.40 m = 6743.34 ft T: 15.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 23.41 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.92 mb = 2373.39 m = 7786.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 42.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1509.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.31 mb = 2347.15 m = 7700.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.31 mb = 2402.19 m = 7881.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.31 mb = 12425.88 m = 40766.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1485.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.31 mb = 15237.78 m = 49992.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.9 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 5.9 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -5.6 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 105.42 Bulk Shear: 14.32 m/s