MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 31 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 126 SFC 957 514 29.3 15.3 43 14.0 19.8 134 7 306.3 308.4 294.6 340.9 11.51 2 950 580 28.1 14.7 44 13.4 19.1 136 8 305.7 307.8 294.1 339.2 11.17 3 900 1056 23.4 13.7 54 9.7 16.9 141 8 305.6 307.6 294.0 338.5 10.98 4 850 1552 18.5 12.7 69 5.8 14.7 147 8 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.4 10.94 5 800 2068 13.8 11.4 86 2.4 12.3 180 5 305.9 307.8 293.8 337.9 10.65 6 750 2609 10.4 5.6 72 4.8 7.6 308 13 307.8 309.3 292.0 331.1 7.62 7 700 3180 6.5 -1.4 57 7.9 2.5 323 21 309.7 310.7 290.3 325.1 4.94 8 650 3785 3.8 -9.2 38 13.0 -1.9 316 24 313.2 313.8 289.6 322.7 2.93 9 600 4430 0.0 -17.0 27 17.0 -6.1 312 34 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.7 1.68 10 550 5119 -5.9 -11.8 63 5.9 -8.2 311 41 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.2 2.81 11 500 5857 -11.8 -13.7 85 1.9 -12.5 309 39 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.5 2.66 12 450 6655 -17.8 -23.0 64 5.2 -19.2 301 37 320.8 321.1 290.4 325.4 1.34 13 400 7523 -24.7 -33.8 43 9.1 -26.2 295 38 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.9 0.55 14 350 8482 -30.1 -53.9 8 23.8 -31.9 296 58 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 15 300 9566 -36.0 -60.0 7 24.1 -37.2 294 77 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.04 16 250 10811 -43.1 -64.7 7 21.7 -43.8 295 86 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12299 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.8 295 82 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.00 18 150 14148 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.2 294 54 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16657 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 309 26 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.27 m Freezing level: 600.00 mb = 4430.45 m = 14535.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.39 mb = 3520.33 m = 11549.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.77 mb = 2272.06 m = 7454.17 ft T: 12.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 19.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.91 mb = 2477.08 m = 8126.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 869.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.52 mb = 2274.71 m = 7462.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.52 mb = 2883.68 m = 9460.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.52 mb = 10146.99 m = 33290.25 ft B at Equ Level: 862.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.52 mb = 12782.16 m = 41935.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.8 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 339.8 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 6.77 Bulk Shear: 128.46 m/s