MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307181200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 19 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 54 1 950 506 SFC 949 514 28.2 9.3 31 18.9 16.4 296 12 305.9 307.4 291.5 329.4 7.76 3 900 982 23.7 6.3 33 17.4 13.3 295 18 305.9 307.1 290.6 326.0 6.64 4 850 1476 18.8 5.3 41 13.5 10.9 292 18 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.8 6.59 5 800 1991 13.8 4.4 53 9.4 8.5 290 19 305.9 307.1 290.5 325.9 6.59 6 750 2530 8.6 3.4 70 5.2 5.7 289 19 305.9 307.1 290.5 325.7 6.50 7 700 3096 3.2 2.0 91 1.3 2.5 285 21 306.1 307.2 290.3 325.3 6.31 8 650 3692 -0.2 -17.0 27 16.7 -6.0 287 30 308.7 309.0 286.6 313.8 1.56 9 600 4329 -2.8 -26.3 14 23.5 -9.2 288 29 312.8 313.0 287.2 315.4 0.74 10 550 5011 -7.3 -29.7 15 22.4 -12.6 285 31 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.5 0.59 11 500 5746 -12.3 -36.5 11 24.2 -16.8 280 41 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.3 0.34 12 450 6543 -17.7 -34.5 21 16.9 -20.7 276 52 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.45 13 400 7411 -24.4 -41.1 20 16.7 -26.6 273 58 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.2 0.26 14 350 8370 -31.4 -46.2 22 14.8 -32.7 274 63 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.17 15 300 9443 -39.4 -51.4 27 12.0 -40.1 279 72 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.11 16 250 10667 -48.0 -60.3 23 12.3 -48.4 281 75 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12132 -47.4 -72.9 4 25.5 -48.0 284 60 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 18 150 14024 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 296 41 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.7 0.00 19 100 16637 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.5 310 22 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.13 m Freezing level: 653.35 mb = 3651.76 m = 11980.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.06 mb = 3269.16 m = 10725.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.34 mb = 2872.23 m = 9423.20 ft T: 5.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 12.13 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3106.78 m = 10192.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.03 C Cross Totals Index: 17.57 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.33 mb = 3079.94 m = 10104.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.33 mb = 3372.23 m = 11063.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.33 mb = 3860.86 m = 12666.70 ft B at Equ Level: 0.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 626.33 mb = 3986.93 m = 13080.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.9 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 314.9 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 24.05 m/s