MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307311200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 1 AUG 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 111 SFC 956 514 29.4 18.0 50 11.4 21.3 159 8 306.5 309.0 296.1 347.5 13.67 2 950 567 28.3 17.3 51 11.1 20.6 160 9 305.9 308.4 295.6 345.4 13.15 3 900 1043 23.6 16.4 64 7.2 18.7 165 11 305.8 308.3 295.6 345.2 13.14 4 850 1539 18.8 15.3 80 3.4 16.4 172 12 305.8 308.2 295.4 344.7 13.00 5 800 2057 15.2 11.1 76 4.1 12.6 234 10 307.4 309.3 294.0 338.9 10.44 6 750 2602 11.7 8.5 81 3.2 9.7 278 13 309.3 311.1 293.8 337.9 9.36 7 700 3177 8.8 2.0 62 6.8 5.0 305 19 312.2 313.4 292.2 331.9 6.31 8 650 3785 4.6 -9.8 34 14.4 -1.6 315 24 314.2 314.7 289.8 323.3 2.80 9 600 4430 -1.2 -14.8 35 13.7 -6.2 308 23 314.8 315.1 289.2 321.4 2.02 10 550 5116 -5.7 -33.0 10 27.3 -11.9 299 27 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.8 0.43 11 500 5856 -10.0 -42.1 5 32.1 -15.6 298 34 320.8 320.9 289.2 321.5 0.19 12 450 6661 -14.2 -50.3 3 36.1 -19.0 297 36 325.4 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.08 13 400 7545 -19.4 -51.5 4 32.0 -23.1 295 44 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 14 350 8520 -27.0 -54.0 6 27.0 -29.3 293 51 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.07 15 300 9613 -35.2 -52.0 16 16.8 -36.4 291 67 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 16 250 10858 -44.2 -49.2 57 5.0 -44.5 288 90 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.17 17 200 12318 -53.7 -63.7 28 10.0 -53.9 286 95 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.04 18 150 14145 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.4 284 66 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16660 -63.0 -85.5 3 22.5 -63.2 300 30 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.28 m Freezing level: 610.11 mb = 4299.94 m = 14107.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.24 mb = 3632.10 m = 11916.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.87 mb = 1952.69 m = 6406.37 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 28.70 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2200.76 m = 7220.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 37.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1240.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.36 mb = 1958.03 m = 6423.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.36 mb = 2552.94 m = 8375.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.36 mb = 11864.36 m = 38924.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.36 mb = 14827.62 m = 48646.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.4 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 323.4 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 11.73 Bulk Shear: 105.80 m/s