MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307051200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 6 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 143 SFC 958 514 21.3 5.9 37 15.4 12.5 285 5 298.1 299.2 287.4 316.0 6.09 2 950 585 20.1 4.2 35 15.9 11.3 285 6 297.6 298.6 286.6 313.7 5.44 3 900 1047 15.5 3.0 43 12.5 8.8 285 7 297.5 298.4 286.4 313.0 5.26 4 850 1528 10.8 2.2 55 8.7 6.3 285 8 297.5 298.4 286.4 313.1 5.26 5 800 2028 5.9 1.2 72 4.7 3.5 285 9 297.4 298.4 286.4 312.9 5.24 6 750 2552 0.8 0.1 95 0.7 0.5 288 10 297.5 298.4 286.3 312.7 5.14 7 700 3102 -2.9 -5.0 86 2.1 -3.8 321 17 299.2 299.9 285.5 310.6 3.76 8 650 3686 -5.6 -16.2 43 10.6 -8.9 318 16 302.7 303.0 284.5 307.9 1.66 9 600 4312 -7.2 -36.0 8 28.8 -12.8 319 14 307.8 307.8 284.9 308.8 0.30 10 550 4984 -11.4 -37.0 10 25.6 -15.9 308 15 310.6 310.6 285.9 311.6 0.29 11 500 5707 -16.1 -42.9 8 26.8 -19.8 300 17 313.4 313.4 286.8 314.0 0.17 12 450 6491 -22.3 -42.8 14 20.5 -24.7 296 18 315.3 315.3 287.4 316.0 0.20 13 400 7343 -29.3 -46.3 18 17.1 -30.8 291 17 316.9 317.0 287.9 317.5 0.15 14 350 8279 -37.5 -49.0 29 11.5 -38.2 296 16 318.2 318.2 288.3 318.7 0.13 15 300 9323 -46.4 -54.0 42 7.5 -46.7 297 14 319.9 320.0 288.8 320.3 0.08 16 250 10514 -50.6 -64.0 19 13.4 -50.9 281 20 330.8 330.8 292.0 330.9 0.03 17 200 11978 -47.5 -75.0 3 27.5 -48.1 278 31 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 18 150 13877 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 268 28 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.01 19 100 16531 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.7 266 23 429.5 429.5 308.8 429.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.02 m Freezing level: 738.91 mb = 2674.14 m = 8773.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.33 mb = 2612.63 m = 8571.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.75 % Est. max temperature: 20.68 C = 69.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.29 mb = 2420.19 m = 7940.16 ft T: 2.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.14 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.09 mb = 2593.72 m = 8509.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.83 C = 69.49 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 4.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 27.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 59.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.82 mb = 2585.99 m = 8484.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.82 mb = 2747.87 m = 9015.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 671.82 mb = 3426.06 m = 11240.22 ft B at Equ Level: 8.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 641.82 mb = 3785.05 m = 12417.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.6 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 334.6 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 7.44 m/s