MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307141200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 15 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 61 1 950 511 SFC 950 514 25.7 8.7 34 16.9 15.3 308 15 303.3 304.6 290.5 325.6 7.46 3 900 982 20.9 6.0 38 14.8 12.2 307 23 303.0 304.2 289.6 322.7 6.54 4 850 1471 16.2 5.1 48 11.0 9.9 306 24 303.1 304.3 289.5 322.6 6.50 5 800 1982 11.1 4.0 62 7.1 7.2 305 24 303.0 304.2 289.4 322.2 6.40 6 750 2516 5.9 3.3 83 2.7 4.5 304 25 303.0 304.2 289.5 322.4 6.46 7 700 3076 1.3 0.0 92 1.2 0.7 306 32 303.9 304.9 288.9 320.5 5.49 8 650 3668 -2.5 -4.2 88 1.7 -3.3 314 39 306.2 307.0 288.6 319.5 4.32 9 600 4299 -6.3 -8.6 84 2.3 -7.2 308 42 308.8 309.4 288.5 319.3 3.33 10 550 4974 -10.1 -16.2 61 6.0 -12.1 302 46 312.0 312.4 288.2 318.5 1.97 11 500 5705 -13.4 -32.7 18 19.3 -17.3 301 49 316.7 316.8 288.2 318.4 0.49 12 450 6498 -19.1 -35.3 22 16.2 -21.8 300 52 319.3 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.42 13 400 7362 -25.5 -41.4 21 15.9 -27.4 298 55 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.8 0.25 14 350 8316 -32.7 -47.5 22 14.8 -33.9 296 57 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.15 15 300 9382 -41.2 -51.2 33 10.0 -41.7 295 59 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.11 16 250 10596 -49.8 -58.7 34 8.9 -50.1 294 57 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.06 17 200 12043 -49.4 -69.1 8 19.7 -49.8 293 48 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 18 150 13940 -47.9 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.7 291 43 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.01 19 100 16578 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 290 31 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.65 m Freezing level: 683.12 mb = 3275.70 m = 10746.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.54 mb = 3172.88 m = 10409.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.53 % Est. max temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.22 mb = 2622.16 m = 8602.77 ft T: 5.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 4.01 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.78 mb = 2826.92 m = 9274.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.90 C = 78.63 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 18.57 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.94 mb = 2780.28 m = 9121.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.94 mb = 2949.77 m = 9677.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.94 mb = 5244.65 m = 17206.65 ft B at Equ Level: 62.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 430.94 mb = 6815.35 m = 22359.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.9 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 334.9 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 38.63 m/s