MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307231200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 24 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 59 SFC 950 514 32.2 15.0 35 17.3 20.4 167 4 309.9 312.0 295.4 344.4 11.32 2 950 518 31.6 14.3 35 17.3 19.9 167 4 309.3 311.3 294.9 342.4 10.87 3 900 1000 27.0 13.0 42 14.0 17.7 175 5 309.3 311.3 294.7 341.4 10.54 4 850 1501 22.2 12.2 53 10.0 15.5 183 5 309.4 311.3 294.7 341.5 10.54 5 800 2023 17.1 11.0 67 6.1 13.2 193 5 309.4 311.3 294.6 341.0 10.39 6 750 2570 13.2 5.6 60 7.6 8.7 288 8 310.9 312.4 292.9 334.5 7.64 7 700 3147 9.3 0.3 53 9.0 4.5 313 18 312.8 313.9 291.8 330.4 5.61 8 650 3756 4.7 -3.7 54 8.4 0.5 306 25 314.3 315.2 291.3 328.6 4.48 9 600 4402 -1.2 -6.0 69 4.9 -3.4 301 28 314.8 315.5 291.0 327.7 4.06 10 550 5088 -6.4 -16.0 46 9.6 -9.8 307 29 316.5 316.9 289.7 323.1 1.99 11 500 5828 -10.5 -26.1 26 15.7 -14.5 311 34 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.5 0.91 12 450 6630 -16.2 -34.7 19 18.4 -19.7 307 37 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.4 0.45 13 400 7503 -22.6 -40.7 18 18.0 -25.2 307 38 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.27 14 350 8467 -30.1 -37.3 50 7.2 -31.1 310 45 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.44 15 300 9545 -38.8 -46.8 43 8.0 -39.4 312 56 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.19 16 250 10769 -48.4 -56.9 37 8.4 -48.7 312 67 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.07 17 200 12204 -56.9 -66.1 30 9.3 -57.0 309 74 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14024 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.2 310 60 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16602 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.8 -58.2 296 35 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.99 m Freezing level: 609.99 mb = 4273.19 m = 14019.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.13 mb = 3842.13 m = 12605.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.03 mb = 2682.10 m = 8799.42 ft T: 12.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.32 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3144.39 m = 10316.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.31 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1451.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.03 mb = 2738.71 m = 8985.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.03 mb = 3630.43 m = 11910.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.03 mb = 12203.25 m = 40036.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1432.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.03 mb = 14932.04 m = 48989.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.0 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 333.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 20.32 Bulk Shear: 71.42 m/s