MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306150000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306150000F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 15 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 60 1 950 494 SFC 948 513 15.3 13.1 87 2.1 13.9 132 6 292.9 294.7 289.2 321.5 10.06 3 900 953 16.9 12.3 75 4.6 14.0 189 26 298.9 300.7 291.2 328.2 10.04 4 850 1441 16.5 8.7 60 7.8 11.7 202 23 303.4 304.9 291.2 328.2 8.30 5 800 1954 12.9 7.1 68 5.8 9.5 202 20 304.9 306.4 291.4 328.8 7.95 6 750 2493 9.1 3.9 70 5.2 6.2 197 15 306.5 307.7 290.9 327.1 6.78 7 700 3059 3.7 2.0 89 1.7 2.8 187 12 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.0 6.35 8 650 3657 -0.5 -1.7 92 1.2 -1.1 154 9 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.4 5.20 9 600 4293 -2.8 -12.2 49 9.4 -6.4 170 17 312.9 313.4 289.0 321.0 2.51 10 550 4979 -5.9 -21.4 28 15.5 -10.6 184 21 317.1 317.3 289.2 321.3 1.25 11 500 5719 -10.3 -27.7 23 17.4 -14.6 193 25 320.5 320.6 289.8 323.3 0.79 12 450 6522 -15.8 -34.2 19 18.4 -19.4 194 28 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.0 0.47 13 400 7397 -22.5 -42.5 14 20.0 -25.2 198 28 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.23 14 350 8361 -30.1 -43.1 27 13.1 -31.4 200 26 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.24 15 300 9439 -39.1 -43.6 62 4.6 -39.5 193 20 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.3 0.27 16 250 10661 -49.6 -53.0 67 3.5 -49.7 222 22 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 17 200 12075 -62.9 -66.9 59 4.0 -63.0 236 36 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.02 18 150 13862 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 217 12 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16443 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 319 10 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.27 m Freezing level: 656.38 mb = 3580.57 m = 11747.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.19 mb = 3482.69 m = 11426.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.29 mb = 781.90 m = 2565.24 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 7.84 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.07 mb = 2525.04 m = 8284.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.95 C K Index: 33.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.50 mb = 1606.90 m = 5271.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.50 mb = 3552.13 m = 11653.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 628.50 mb = 3924.38 m = 12875.11 ft B at Equ Level: 43.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 548.50 mb = 5000.65 m = 16406.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.5 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 218.5 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.1 neg: -23.5 tot: 86.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 41.09 Bulk Shear: 1.08 m/s