MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307021200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 3 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 25 1 950 484 SFC 947 514 31.5 13.2 33 18.4 19.2 298 12 309.5 311.4 294.4 340.3 10.09 3 900 965 27.3 10.0 34 17.3 16.3 295 18 309.6 311.3 293.3 335.9 8.59 4 850 1466 22.5 9.0 42 13.4 14.0 292 18 309.7 311.3 293.3 335.8 8.53 5 800 1989 17.5 7.6 52 9.9 11.4 281 17 309.8 311.3 293.0 335.0 8.21 6 750 2535 12.4 5.7 64 6.7 8.5 266 17 310.0 311.5 292.7 333.7 7.70 7 700 3108 7.2 1.7 68 5.5 4.2 257 22 310.4 311.6 291.6 329.6 6.17 8 650 3713 3.3 -9.5 38 12.8 -2.2 252 31 312.7 313.2 289.3 321.9 2.85 9 600 4358 0.4 -17.4 25 17.7 -6.0 261 27 316.6 316.9 289.4 322.0 1.63 10 550 5050 -3.8 -18.0 32 14.2 -8.7 265 29 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.3 1.69 11 500 5794 -9.4 -20.6 40 11.2 -12.9 265 32 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.7 1.48 12 450 6599 -15.5 -27.1 36 11.6 -18.3 265 34 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.0 0.92 13 400 7475 -22.1 -36.5 26 14.5 -24.4 266 35 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.9 0.42 14 350 8442 -29.4 -47.4 16 18.0 -31.2 268 36 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.15 15 300 9521 -38.7 -49.0 33 10.3 -39.4 276 37 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.15 16 250 10745 -48.6 -58.2 32 9.6 -48.8 276 40 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 17 200 12177 -57.9 -66.6 32 8.7 -58.0 268 40 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 18 150 14007 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 264 26 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16598 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 285 14 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.92 m Freezing level: 595.34 mb = 4422.48 m = 14509.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.28 mb = 3499.16 m = 11480.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.16 mb = 2814.94 m = 9235.27 ft T: 9.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 18.41 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.55 mb = 3183.84 m = 10445.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.83 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 507.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.23 mb = 3058.26 m = 10033.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.23 mb = 3475.28 m = 11401.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.23 mb = 4235.09 m = 13894.48 ft B at Equ Level: 4.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.23 mb = 13239.63 m = 43436.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 21.03 Bulk Shear: 24.11 m/s