MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307201200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 21 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 145 SFC 959 514 26.1 10.5 38 15.5 16.3 332 4 302.9 304.4 291.1 327.8 8.36 2 950 595 24.8 9.1 37 15.7 15.2 331 4 302.4 303.8 290.3 325.2 7.67 3 900 1065 20.2 8.3 46 11.9 13.0 329 5 302.3 303.7 290.3 325.0 7.63 4 850 1554 15.4 7.4 59 8.1 10.7 328 5 302.3 303.7 290.3 325.0 7.61 5 800 2063 10.4 6.2 75 4.2 8.0 327 5 302.3 303.6 290.1 324.5 7.46 6 750 2596 5.6 2.0 78 3.6 3.7 326 6 302.7 303.7 288.9 320.4 5.90 7 700 3157 2.9 -7.6 46 10.5 -1.6 319 9 305.8 306.3 287.2 315.4 3.09 8 650 3753 -0.2 -11.6 42 11.4 -4.6 316 13 308.8 309.2 287.6 316.5 2.42 9 600 4390 -3.6 -17.8 32 14.2 -8.3 312 18 312.0 312.3 287.8 317.2 1.57 10 550 5072 -7.1 -30.6 13 23.5 -12.6 307 24 315.6 315.8 287.9 317.6 0.54 11 500 5808 -11.9 -22.6 40 10.8 -14.9 302 28 318.6 318.8 289.6 322.9 1.24 12 450 6605 -17.9 -32.7 26 14.8 -20.8 298 29 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.6 0.54 13 400 7473 -24.2 -40.2 21 16.0 -26.3 294 33 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.29 14 350 8430 -32.1 -46.4 23 14.2 -33.4 288 35 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.17 15 300 9499 -40.6 -53.0 25 12.4 -41.2 284 43 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.09 16 250 10716 -49.2 -59.4 29 10.2 -49.5 281 47 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.05 17 200 12161 -52.5 -68.5 13 16.0 -52.8 281 52 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14027 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 289 47 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16625 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.7 299 25 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.76 m Freezing level: 652.78 mb = 3720.10 m = 12204.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.81 mb = 2986.85 m = 9799.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.46 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.07 mb = 2453.56 m = 8049.65 ft T: 6.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 12.38 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.88 mb = 2586.51 m = 8485.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 24.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7406.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.29 mb = 2549.08 m = 8363.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.8 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 339.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 14.67 m/s