MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407071200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 8 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 88 SFC 953 514 25.2 14.7 52 10.5 18.2 340 8 302.5 304.5 293.2 335.3 11.08 2 950 538 24.8 13.7 50 11.1 17.5 340 9 302.4 304.3 292.6 333.3 10.43 3 900 1009 20.3 12.2 60 8.1 15.1 339 12 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.1 9.99 4 850 1498 15.6 11.2 75 4.3 12.9 337 12 302.5 304.3 292.2 331.8 9.91 5 800 2009 10.5 9.9 96 0.7 10.2 337 13 302.4 304.1 291.9 330.9 9.61 6 750 2543 6.5 0.9 67 5.7 3.6 341 15 303.7 304.7 288.8 320.1 5.43 7 700 3106 3.8 -4.9 53 8.7 -0.2 342 14 306.7 307.4 288.2 318.5 3.79 8 650 3704 0.1 -9.2 50 9.3 -3.8 342 15 309.0 309.6 288.2 318.3 2.93 9 600 4340 -4.1 -12.7 51 8.6 -7.4 345 16 311.3 311.8 288.5 319.1 2.40 10 550 5020 -8.3 -17.1 49 8.8 -11.2 343 15 314.2 314.6 288.8 320.2 1.82 11 500 5753 -12.9 -22.7 44 9.8 -15.5 341 15 317.4 317.6 289.2 321.6 1.24 12 450 6548 -18.5 -30.0 36 11.6 -20.8 347 17 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.5 0.70 13 400 7413 -25.5 -38.0 30 12.5 -27.2 350 17 321.9 321.9 289.7 323.2 0.36 14 350 8365 -33.6 -48.0 22 14.4 -34.7 351 16 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.14 15 300 9426 -42.8 -55.6 23 12.8 -43.3 355 18 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.07 16 250 10629 -51.5 -61.6 29 10.0 -51.8 15 26 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.04 17 200 12066 -52.4 -68.7 12 16.3 -52.7 13 30 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 13937 -50.1 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.7 343 20 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16567 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 326 14 425.5 425.5 308.3 425.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.65 m Freezing level: 649.36 mb = 3711.90 m = 12177.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.82 mb = 3073.29 m = 10082.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.21 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.49 mb = 1836.98 m = 6026.77 ft T: 12.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.01 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 1998.51 m = 6556.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.12 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 959.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.48 mb = 2003.78 m = 6574.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.48 mb = 2055.73 m = 6744.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.48 mb = 11014.30 m = 36135.72 ft B at Equ Level: 936.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.48 mb = 12917.01 m = 42378.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.5 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 11.5 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 447.81 Bulk Shear: 2.14 m/s