MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307091200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307091200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 10 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 9 1 950 466 SFC 945 514 31.0 11.2 30 19.8 18.1 296 11 309.1 310.8 293.3 336.1 8.85 3 900 947 26.9 8.1 30 18.8 15.2 295 19 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.3 7.52 4 850 1447 22.1 6.8 37 15.2 12.9 292 21 309.3 310.7 292.2 331.8 7.33 5 800 1968 17.0 5.8 47 11.3 10.3 288 22 309.3 310.7 292.1 331.5 7.22 6 750 2513 11.7 4.7 62 7.1 7.6 285 24 309.3 310.7 292.0 331.3 7.14 7 700 3085 6.2 3.8 85 2.4 4.9 283 26 309.4 310.7 292.1 331.5 7.21 8 650 3688 1.2 -2.9 74 4.1 -0.8 291 33 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.2 4.76 9 600 4327 -2.5 -10.9 52 8.5 -5.9 304 36 313.2 313.8 289.4 322.2 2.76 10 550 5012 -6.2 -19.7 33 13.5 -10.5 309 36 316.7 317.0 289.2 321.6 1.45 11 500 5751 -10.7 -22.1 39 11.4 -14.0 310 37 319.9 320.2 290.1 324.4 1.30 12 450 6552 -16.3 -29.3 32 13.0 -19.2 312 37 322.7 322.8 290.4 325.4 0.75 13 400 7426 -22.8 -38.0 24 15.2 -25.1 314 35 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.36 14 350 8390 -29.8 -45.7 20 16.0 -31.3 311 39 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.18 15 300 9470 -38.2 -52.9 20 14.7 -39.1 308 42 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 16 250 10699 -47.4 -59.1 25 11.8 -47.7 307 45 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 12147 -53.8 -68.8 14 15.0 -54.1 312 55 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14000 -53.8 -79.9 3 26.1 -54.2 316 61 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16586 -55.9 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 316 35 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.98 m Freezing level: 633.70 mb = 3896.11 m = 12782.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.04 mb = 3600.01 m = 11810.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.15 mb = 2989.19 m = 9806.93 ft T: 7.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 4.87 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.13 mb = 3295.41 m = 10811.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.58 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.88 mb = 3239.00 m = 10626.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.88 mb = 3418.50 m = 11215.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.88 mb = 9426.43 m = 30926.24 ft B at Equ Level: 206.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.88 mb = 11473.16 m = 37641.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.5 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 329.5 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.08 Bulk Shear: 25.83 m/s