MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307080000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307080000F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 8 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 132 SFC 956 512 11.0 7.8 80 3.3 9.2 212 3 287.9 289.1 284.3 307.4 6.93 2 950 568 15.8 7.4 57 8.4 11.0 234 11 293.2 294.4 286.4 312.9 6.82 3 900 1029 16.2 5.1 48 11.1 10.0 248 12 298.2 299.3 287.5 316.2 6.12 4 850 1511 12.1 3.1 54 9.0 7.2 267 7 298.8 299.8 287.2 315.4 5.61 5 800 2015 7.7 1.7 66 6.0 4.6 324 12 299.3 300.3 287.2 315.4 5.40 6 750 2542 2.8 0.1 82 2.8 1.4 330 20 299.6 300.6 287.1 314.9 5.12 7 700 3096 -1.4 -2.3 94 0.9 -1.9 330 29 300.9 301.8 287.0 314.8 4.61 8 650 3683 -4.8 -11.7 58 7.0 -7.3 330 29 303.6 304.0 285.7 311.1 2.40 9 600 4309 -7.3 -28.1 17 20.8 -12.2 327 25 307.7 307.8 285.2 309.8 0.63 10 550 4982 -10.8 -38.6 8 27.8 -15.6 321 25 311.3 311.4 286.1 312.2 0.25 11 500 5707 -15.6 -39.9 10 24.3 -19.3 319 27 314.0 314.1 287.1 314.9 0.24 12 450 6493 -21.2 -32.1 37 10.9 -23.1 316 28 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.6 0.58 13 400 7350 -27.7 -34.4 53 6.8 -28.6 314 31 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.9 0.52 14 350 8294 -35.3 -44.2 40 8.9 -36.0 312 35 321.2 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.22 15 300 9349 -44.0 -50.3 49 6.3 -44.3 300 37 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.13 16 250 10546 -53.0 -60.6 39 7.6 -53.2 292 38 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.04 17 200 11974 -52.5 -74.2 6 21.7 -52.8 299 39 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13848 -49.8 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 301 33 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16473 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 306 28 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5575.79 m Freezing level: 716.64 mb = 2911.94 m = 9553.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.27 mb = 2778.41 m = 9115.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.25 % Est. max temperature: 22.28 C = 72.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.69 mb = 937.86 m = 3076.93 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 6.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.93 mb = 2553.78 m = 8378.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.70 C = 72.85 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 3.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 29.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 77.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10299.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.13 mb = 2199.60 m = 7216.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.4 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 349.4 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: -13.4 tot: 81.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 66.65 m/s