MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 1 JUL 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 80 SFC 952 514 28.9 15.4 44 13.5 19.7 55 1 306.3 308.5 294.6 341.3 11.64 2 950 535 28.4 14.5 43 13.9 19.1 58 1 306.0 308.0 294.1 339.0 10.99 3 900 1011 23.7 13.2 52 10.4 16.8 42 0 305.9 307.9 293.8 338.0 10.67 4 850 1507 18.9 12.2 65 6.7 14.6 262 1 305.9 307.9 293.7 337.8 10.59 5 800 2024 14.1 10.1 77 4.0 11.6 276 5 306.2 308.0 293.2 335.5 9.76 6 750 2565 10.4 1.7 55 8.6 5.7 317 17 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.6 5.79 7 700 3134 6.1 -1.8 57 7.9 2.1 331 20 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.0 4.78 8 650 3737 1.8 -6.5 54 8.3 -1.9 331 18 311.0 311.7 289.5 322.5 3.63 9 600 4377 -2.0 -12.9 43 10.9 -6.2 326 16 313.9 314.3 289.2 321.6 2.37 10 550 5064 -5.7 -22.0 26 16.3 -10.6 320 16 317.3 317.5 289.2 321.4 1.19 11 500 5803 -10.3 -33.1 14 22.8 -15.2 322 16 320.5 320.5 289.4 322.1 0.47 12 450 6605 -16.1 -36.8 15 20.7 -19.8 330 16 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.3 0.36 13 400 7480 -22.1 -35.4 29 13.3 -24.4 335 19 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.47 14 350 8447 -29.9 -37.2 49 7.3 -30.9 338 21 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.2 0.45 15 300 9525 -38.9 -49.0 34 10.0 -39.6 341 23 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.15 16 250 10747 -49.5 -58.2 35 8.8 -49.7 344 27 332.5 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.06 17 200 12175 -57.5 -67.5 27 10.0 -57.7 323 20 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.02 18 150 14005 -54.1 -80.2 3 26.1 -54.5 297 23 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.9 0.00 19 100 16600 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 289 18 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.39 m Freezing level: 625.95 mb = 4044.76 m = 13270.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.02 mb = 3441.78 m = 11291.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.15 mb = 2212.81 m = 7259.77 ft T: 12.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 19.98 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.42 mb = 2526.70 m = 8289.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1001.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.71 mb = 2314.69 m = 7594.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.71 mb = 2813.95 m = 9232.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.71 mb = 11631.88 m = 38161.87 ft B at Equ Level: 997.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.71 mb = 14103.84 m = 46271.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.8 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 353.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 69.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 45.50 Bulk Shear: 22.01 m/s