MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307271200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 28 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 69 SFC 951 514 31.3 7.7 23 23.6 16.7 313 5 308.8 310.1 291.7 330.2 6.96 2 950 526 30.8 6.7 22 24.1 16.1 313 5 308.4 309.6 291.2 328.3 6.47 3 900 1005 26.2 5.4 26 20.8 13.8 304 7 308.5 309.6 291.0 327.7 6.25 4 850 1504 21.3 4.2 32 17.1 11.4 297 7 308.5 309.6 290.9 327.1 6.07 5 800 2023 16.3 3.2 41 13.1 8.9 288 9 308.5 309.6 290.9 327.0 6.01 6 750 2566 11.0 2.0 54 9.0 6.1 281 11 308.5 309.7 290.8 326.8 5.92 7 700 3136 5.5 0.5 70 5.0 2.8 273 16 308.6 309.6 290.6 326.0 5.66 8 650 3737 0.3 -3.1 78 3.4 -1.3 276 26 309.3 310.2 289.9 323.9 4.68 9 600 4374 -3.4 -15.7 38 12.3 -7.7 279 39 312.2 312.5 288.2 318.3 1.87 10 550 5057 -6.3 -24.0 23 17.7 -11.3 279 43 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.1 1.00 11 500 5795 -11.4 -20.1 48 8.7 -14.0 280 45 319.2 319.5 290.1 324.4 1.55 12 450 6595 -16.8 -25.3 48 8.5 -18.9 279 51 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.9 1.09 13 400 7467 -23.2 -33.5 38 10.3 -25.0 276 56 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.57 14 350 8430 -29.7 -48.3 15 18.6 -31.4 271 62 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.14 15 300 9514 -37.0 -55.5 13 18.5 -38.1 267 70 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.07 16 250 10752 -45.5 -62.7 13 17.2 -46.1 263 80 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12206 -53.2 -71.2 9 18.0 -53.5 266 79 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14064 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 275 67 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16634 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 272 39 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.02 m Freezing level: 645.89 mb = 3788.97 m = 12430.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.96 mb = 3540.16 m = 11614.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.51 mb = 3436.80 m = 11275.44 ft T: 2.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 11.86 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.05 mb = 3661.52 m = 12012.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 0.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.67 C Cross Totals Index: 15.54 C K Index: 31.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7117.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.96 mb = 3576.68 m = 11734.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 310.0 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.00 Bulk Shear: 59.62 m/s