MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307151200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 16 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 87 SFC 952 513 22.3 10.0 46 12.3 14.7 311 14 299.6 301.1 289.8 323.4 8.09 2 950 533 21.8 9.4 45 12.3 14.3 311 15 299.3 300.7 289.5 322.3 7.83 3 900 998 17.1 7.9 55 9.2 11.7 309 22 299.1 300.5 289.0 321.1 7.45 4 850 1481 12.4 6.9 69 5.6 9.2 306 24 299.2 300.5 289.0 320.8 7.34 5 800 1986 7.8 4.8 81 3.0 6.2 304 30 299.5 300.7 288.6 319.4 6.76 6 750 2515 4.4 1.2 80 3.2 2.8 317 41 301.4 302.4 288.1 318.1 5.58 7 700 3073 0.4 -1.2 89 1.6 -0.4 318 44 302.9 303.9 288.1 318.1 5.01 8 650 3665 -2.6 -5.8 79 3.2 -4.0 314 43 306.0 306.7 288.1 317.8 3.81 9 600 4295 -6.6 -7.9 90 1.3 -7.1 312 45 308.5 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.51 10 550 4970 -10.4 -11.8 90 1.4 -10.9 312 47 311.7 312.3 289.0 320.8 2.82 11 500 5698 -14.3 -20.9 58 6.5 -16.2 310 52 315.6 315.8 288.9 320.4 1.45 12 450 6489 -19.6 -24.7 64 5.0 -20.8 311 55 318.5 318.8 289.5 322.5 1.15 13 400 7352 -25.9 -31.2 61 5.2 -26.8 311 59 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.8 0.71 14 350 8305 -32.2 -39.3 49 7.1 -33.0 313 67 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.36 15 300 9376 -40.2 -48.0 43 7.8 -40.6 313 70 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.17 16 250 10593 -49.6 -57.2 41 7.6 -49.8 310 65 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.07 17 200 12035 -52.5 -68.1 13 15.6 -52.8 310 54 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13914 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.6 307 40 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.01 19 100 16551 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.2 304 23 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.02 m Freezing level: 693.28 mb = 3152.85 m = 10343.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.17 mb = 3002.32 m = 9850.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.19 % Est. max temperature: 22.12 C = 71.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.59 mb = 2051.96 m = 6732.06 ft T: 7.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 5.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.12 mb = 2298.03 m = 7539.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.82 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 32.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.56 mb = 2135.31 m = 7005.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.56 mb = 2727.57 m = 8948.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 560.56 mb = 4822.59 m = 15821.95 ft B at Equ Level: 20.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 500.56 mb = 5689.78 m = 18667.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.8 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 341.8 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.0 neg: -7.9 tot: 144.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 64.22 m/s