MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407041200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 5 JUL 24 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 113 SFC 955 514 22.2 14.2 60 8.0 17.0 4 9 299.3 301.3 291.9 330.7 10.72 2 950 558 21.7 12.9 57 8.8 16.1 3 10 299.2 301.0 291.2 328.1 9.89 3 900 1023 17.1 11.5 69 5.6 13.6 2 12 299.2 300.9 290.9 327.0 9.52 4 850 1507 12.4 10.5 88 1.9 11.3 1 12 299.2 300.9 290.8 326.8 9.41 5 800 2013 8.6 5.2 79 3.3 6.7 342 15 300.3 301.6 289.0 320.9 6.96 6 750 2543 5.3 2.1 80 3.2 3.6 341 18 302.3 303.4 288.8 320.2 5.96 7 700 3104 1.7 -1.5 79 3.2 0.1 340 20 304.4 305.3 288.5 319.3 4.90 8 650 3697 -1.8 -4.8 80 3.0 -3.1 334 18 306.9 307.7 288.6 319.7 4.11 9 600 4331 -5.2 -6.9 88 1.7 -6.0 332 18 310.1 310.8 289.3 322.0 3.79 10 550 5009 -9.2 -10.4 91 1.2 -9.7 330 17 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.3 3.15 11 500 5739 -14.5 -16.7 83 2.3 -15.2 339 15 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.2 2.07 12 450 6529 -20.3 -27.8 51 7.5 -21.8 341 10 317.8 317.9 289.0 320.8 0.87 13 400 7389 -27.0 -36.1 42 9.1 -28.2 5 7 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.5 0.44 14 350 8335 -34.7 -42.6 45 7.8 -35.4 2 9 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.9 0.26 15 300 9389 -44.7 -49.7 57 5.0 -45.0 340 4 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.14 16 250 10579 -53.4 -61.2 38 7.8 -53.6 6 4 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.04 17 200 12025 -49.3 -73.9 4 24.7 -49.8 285 12 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13919 -48.1 -78.2 2 30.1 -48.8 291 20 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 19 100 16571 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.7 273 17 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.21 m Freezing level: 675.49 mb = 3394.77 m = 11137.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.91 mb = 3127.69 m = 10261.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.26 % Est. max temperature: 23.09 C = 73.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.30 mb = 1523.99 m = 4999.92 ft T: 12.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 11.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.17 mb = 1784.81 m = 5855.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.71 C = 72.88 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.94 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 616.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.59 mb = 1709.95 m = 5610.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.59 mb = 1964.98 m = 6446.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.59 mb = 10720.65 m = 35172.32 ft B at Equ Level: 597.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.59 mb = 12205.49 m = 40043.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.1 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 10.1 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -5.0 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 98.10 Bulk Shear: 6.28 m/s