MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 2 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 46 1 950 504 SFC 949 514 31.7 15.1 37 16.6 20.4 191 3 309.5 311.6 295.4 344.4 11.46 3 900 986 27.1 12.3 40 14.8 17.3 212 5 309.4 311.3 294.3 339.9 10.01 4 850 1487 22.2 11.2 50 11.0 15.1 226 6 309.4 311.2 294.2 339.6 9.89 5 800 2009 17.1 10.1 63 7.0 12.6 237 7 309.4 311.2 294.1 339.1 9.73 6 750 2555 11.8 8.8 82 3.0 9.9 247 8 309.4 311.2 293.9 338.4 9.51 7 700 3128 6.7 5.4 92 1.2 5.9 290 11 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.6 8.08 8 650 3733 2.6 0.1 83 2.6 1.3 310 17 311.9 313.1 291.8 330.4 5.92 9 600 4376 -1.5 -4.7 79 3.2 -3.0 302 19 314.4 315.3 291.3 328.7 4.50 10 550 5063 -5.8 -13.4 55 7.5 -8.7 306 19 317.2 317.6 290.4 325.3 2.48 11 500 5803 -10.4 -32.3 15 21.9 -15.2 302 18 320.4 320.5 289.4 322.2 0.51 12 450 6605 -16.3 -36.1 16 19.9 -19.8 299 17 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.39 13 400 7479 -22.7 -44.8 11 22.1 -25.4 305 17 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.18 14 350 8443 -30.3 -45.5 21 15.2 -31.8 298 18 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.19 15 300 9520 -38.6 -58.0 11 19.4 -39.5 297 20 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.05 16 250 10749 -46.8 -61.7 17 14.8 -47.3 315 28 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 17 200 12197 -55.0 -68.7 17 13.6 -55.3 307 29 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14029 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.2 292 28 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16601 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 278 18 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.81 m Freezing level: 617.95 mb = 4145.26 m = 13599.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.39 mb = 3915.70 m = 12846.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.09 mb = 2598.83 m = 8526.23 ft T: 11.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 22.15 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2807.83 m = 9211.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 42.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1277.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.50 mb = 2785.45 m = 9138.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.50 mb = 2842.54 m = 9325.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.50 mb = 11447.05 m = 37555.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1272.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.50 mb = 14266.20 m = 46804.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.2 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 322.2 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 51.67 Bulk Shear: 24.73 m/s