MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307131200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 14 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 26 1 950 479 SFC 946 514 27.1 12.1 40 14.9 17.4 305 13 305.0 306.7 292.6 333.3 9.44 3 900 953 22.7 9.5 43 13.2 14.4 305 20 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.8 8.29 4 850 1446 17.9 8.7 55 9.2 12.3 303 22 304.9 306.4 291.7 329.9 8.31 5 800 1960 12.9 7.7 71 5.2 9.8 302 22 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.8 8.28 6 750 2498 7.8 6.2 89 1.6 6.8 299 24 305.0 306.5 291.4 328.9 7.93 7 700 3062 3.2 -3.5 61 6.7 0.0 306 32 306.0 306.8 288.5 319.1 4.23 8 650 3660 0.5 -12.6 37 13.2 -4.5 307 35 309.6 310.0 287.6 316.7 2.23 9 600 4297 -3.3 -16.7 35 13.4 -7.9 302 36 312.3 312.7 288.1 318.0 1.73 10 550 4979 -7.9 -18.9 41 11.0 -11.4 298 37 314.7 315.0 288.7 319.9 1.55 11 500 5711 -13.1 -18.0 67 4.9 -14.7 297 38 317.0 317.4 289.8 323.2 1.85 12 450 6506 -18.7 -20.9 83 2.2 -19.3 296 38 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.2 1.61 13 400 7372 -25.2 -27.7 80 2.5 -25.7 296 35 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.7 0.98 14 350 8326 -32.7 -37.5 62 4.9 -33.3 292 32 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.3 0.43 15 300 9394 -40.6 -47.5 48 6.8 -41.1 292 29 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.18 16 250 10611 -48.9 -57.9 34 9.0 -49.2 293 28 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12069 -48.9 -74.1 4 25.2 -49.4 294 54 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13954 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 296 48 384.5 384.5 303.0 384.5 0.00 19 100 16579 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 295 28 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.37 m Freezing level: 642.97 mb = 3749.52 m = 12301.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.78 mb = 3064.87 m = 10055.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.58 mb = 2381.31 m = 7812.61 ft T: 8.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 13.17 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2583.66 m = 8476.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.05 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 447.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.13 mb = 2551.26 m = 8370.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.13 mb = 2717.61 m = 8915.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.13 mb = 9851.25 m = 32319.98 ft B at Equ Level: 443.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.13 mb = 11746.05 m = 38536.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.1 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 331.1 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 17.87 Bulk Shear: 25.03 m/s