MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407061200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407061200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 7 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 66 SFC 950 514 24.3 13.4 51 10.9 17.2 325 4 301.8 303.7 292.3 332.1 10.24 2 950 514 24.1 12.5 48 11.7 16.7 324 4 301.7 303.4 291.7 330.1 9.61 3 900 983 19.7 11.2 58 8.5 14.3 322 5 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.4 9.31 4 850 1472 14.9 10.3 74 4.6 12.0 321 5 301.7 303.4 291.5 329.2 9.27 5 800 1981 9.9 9.2 95 0.8 9.5 318 5 301.7 303.4 291.4 328.8 9.14 6 750 2514 5.7 3.3 84 2.4 4.4 324 7 302.7 303.9 289.4 322.1 6.46 7 700 3074 1.9 -2.3 73 4.2 -0.1 319 8 304.6 305.5 288.3 318.7 4.60 8 650 3668 -1.7 -5.2 77 3.6 -3.3 314 8 307.1 307.8 288.6 319.5 3.99 9 600 4303 -4.7 -9.4 70 4.6 -6.7 314 8 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.6 3.13 10 550 4981 -8.6 -16.7 52 8.1 -11.3 311 9 313.9 314.3 288.8 320.1 1.89 11 500 5712 -13.8 -22.8 47 8.9 -16.2 311 9 316.2 316.4 288.8 320.3 1.23 12 450 6503 -20.0 -27.3 52 7.3 -21.5 315 7 318.2 318.3 289.2 321.3 0.91 13 400 7364 -26.8 -32.4 59 5.6 -27.7 326 3 320.1 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.63 14 350 8311 -34.5 -40.7 53 6.2 -35.1 62 2 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.4 0.31 15 300 9368 -43.5 -48.9 55 5.4 -43.8 86 4 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.15 16 250 10566 -53.1 -57.9 56 4.8 -53.2 139 3 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.06 17 200 11997 -50.6 -72.7 6 22.0 -51.1 292 13 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13883 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.2 294 17 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.01 19 100 16528 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -52.0 283 16 428.8 428.8 308.7 428.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.27 m Freezing level: 673.17 mb = 3393.01 m = 11131.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.41 mb = 3057.87 m = 10032.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.22 % Est. max temperature: 24.21 C = 75.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.73 mb = 1879.54 m = 6166.38 ft T: 10.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.55 mb = 2047.82 m = 6718.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.09 mb = 2031.89 m = 6666.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.09 mb = 2083.97 m = 6837.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.09 mb = 10825.81 m = 35517.33 ft B at Equ Level: 800.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.09 mb = 12684.57 m = 41615.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 832.13 Bulk Shear: 0.99 m/s