MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307221200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 23 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 82 SFC 952 513 28.6 10.9 33 17.7 17.2 336 5 305.9 307.5 292.2 331.9 8.60 2 950 537 27.9 9.7 32 18.2 16.5 333 5 305.5 307.0 291.6 329.5 7.96 3 900 1011 23.2 8.7 39 14.6 14.3 326 6 305.4 306.9 291.5 329.1 7.84 4 850 1505 18.4 7.7 49 10.8 11.9 319 6 305.4 306.9 291.4 328.8 7.75 5 800 2020 13.4 6.7 64 6.7 9.5 312 7 305.4 306.9 291.3 328.8 7.73 6 750 2559 8.3 5.0 80 3.3 6.4 305 9 305.6 306.9 291.0 327.7 7.33 7 700 3126 6.9 -19.1 14 26.0 -2.1 320 23 310.1 310.4 286.8 314.1 1.20 8 650 3731 3.7 -23.5 12 27.1 -4.8 319 25 313.1 313.3 287.5 316.1 0.88 9 600 4375 -0.8 -25.9 13 25.1 -7.9 317 26 315.2 315.4 288.1 317.9 0.77 10 550 5062 -5.8 -26.6 18 20.8 -11.3 316 28 317.2 317.4 288.7 320.0 0.79 11 500 5799 -11.5 -26.9 27 15.4 -15.3 317 31 319.0 319.2 289.3 321.9 0.84 12 450 6598 -17.2 -27.6 40 10.4 -19.6 321 34 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.7 0.88 13 400 7469 -23.6 -27.6 70 4.0 -24.5 322 37 324.3 324.4 291.0 327.7 0.99 14 350 8429 -31.3 -37.6 54 6.3 -32.1 320 38 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.1 0.43 15 300 9502 -39.6 -50.0 32 10.3 -40.3 324 39 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 16 250 10723 -49.4 -57.0 41 7.6 -49.6 321 39 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.07 17 200 12151 -57.3 -64.5 39 7.2 -57.4 319 45 342.0 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13979 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 312 46 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16570 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 311 27 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.96 m Freezing level: 608.86 mb = 4260.68 m = 13978.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.56 mb = 2980.12 m = 9777.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.20 mb = 2722.81 m = 8932.99 ft T: 7.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.76 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.03 mb = 3643.25 m = 11952.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.19 C = 95.34 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C Cross Totals Index: 19.17 C K Index: 11.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 210.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.80 mb = 2828.65 m = 9280.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 480.80 mb = 6096.34 m = 20000.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 370.80 mb = 8014.15 m = 26292.84 ft B at Equ Level: 5.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 330.80 mb = 8821.85 m = 28942.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.5 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 347.5 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 29.26 m/s