MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307070000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307070000F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 7 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 105 SFC 953 513 13.9 11.2 83 2.8 12.3 350 9 291.1 292.6 287.4 316.0 8.78 2 950 539 13.8 11.1 83 2.8 12.2 354 11 291.2 292.8 287.5 316.1 8.75 3 900 1000 17.4 5.8 46 11.6 10.8 13 21 299.4 300.6 288.2 318.5 6.42 4 850 1485 13.9 5.3 56 8.6 9.0 357 18 300.7 301.9 288.8 320.3 6.58 5 800 1993 10.2 3.9 65 6.3 6.8 328 16 302.0 303.2 289.0 321.0 6.34 6 750 2526 6.1 1.5 72 4.6 3.7 301 17 303.2 304.3 288.9 320.4 5.70 7 700 3087 1.2 -1.3 83 2.5 -0.0 283 22 303.8 304.8 288.4 318.9 4.96 8 650 3678 -2.6 -9.3 60 6.7 -5.3 287 27 306.0 306.6 287.1 315.2 2.91 9 600 4309 -6.4 -16.6 44 10.2 -9.8 297 22 308.7 309.0 286.8 314.3 1.74 10 550 4983 -10.5 -30.3 18 19.7 -14.8 307 21 311.6 311.7 286.6 313.5 0.56 11 500 5709 -15.3 -29.7 28 14.4 -18.3 309 24 314.3 314.5 287.6 316.6 0.65 12 450 6496 -21.0 -35.0 27 14.0 -23.2 306 28 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.5 0.43 13 400 7353 -27.4 -42.9 21 15.5 -29.0 302 30 319.4 319.5 288.8 320.3 0.22 14 350 8299 -35.1 -49.0 23 13.9 -36.1 294 30 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.8 0.13 15 300 9354 -43.8 -56.5 23 12.6 -44.3 285 34 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.8 0.06 16 250 10551 -53.3 -61.8 35 8.5 -53.5 277 39 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.04 17 200 11972 -54.7 -70.6 12 15.9 -54.9 282 38 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 13832 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 292 36 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16465 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.9 283 19 426.9 426.9 308.5 426.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.12 m Freezing level: 683.98 mb = 3276.33 m = 10749.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.52 mb = 3080.67 m = 10107.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.36 mb = 865.36 m = 2839.09 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 7.53 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.69 mb = 2749.10 m = 9019.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.10 F Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lifted Index: 2.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8910.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.26 mb = 2052.43 m = 6733.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.9 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 339.9 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 5.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -22.0 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 43.14 m/s