MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407161200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407161200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 17 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 125 SFC 957 514 24.7 11.9 45 12.8 16.5 356 8 301.6 303.3 291.4 328.9 9.20 2 950 573 23.7 10.7 44 13.0 15.6 354 9 301.3 302.9 290.7 326.6 8.56 3 900 1041 19.1 9.4 53 9.7 13.2 349 10 301.2 302.7 290.5 325.7 8.26 4 850 1529 14.3 8.4 68 5.9 10.8 343 11 301.1 302.6 290.4 325.4 8.17 5 800 2037 9.5 7.2 85 2.3 8.2 330 13 301.3 302.8 290.3 325.0 7.99 6 750 2569 5.4 2.7 83 2.7 3.9 323 24 302.4 303.6 289.0 321.0 6.20 7 700 3128 1.4 -6.7 55 8.1 -2.1 332 27 304.0 304.6 286.8 314.2 3.29 8 650 3723 0.1 -19.8 21 19.9 -6.3 334 29 309.1 309.3 286.4 313.1 1.22 9 600 4359 -3.7 -27.1 14 23.4 -9.8 335 35 311.8 312.0 286.8 314.2 0.69 10 550 5040 -7.4 -34.9 9 27.5 -13.1 333 41 315.3 315.3 287.6 316.6 0.36 11 500 5775 -12.0 -35.9 12 24.0 -16.5 333 43 318.5 318.5 288.6 319.8 0.36 12 450 6573 -17.1 -32.5 25 15.4 -20.1 340 47 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.55 13 400 7445 -23.4 -35.8 31 12.4 -25.4 343 52 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.3 0.45 14 350 8406 -31.0 -47.2 19 16.2 -32.5 341 55 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.16 15 300 9479 -40.1 -51.6 28 11.5 -40.8 338 55 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.11 16 250 10697 -48.3 -58.8 29 10.5 -48.7 333 52 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.05 17 200 12155 -49.9 -70.7 7 20.8 -50.3 316 48 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14040 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 313 51 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 19 100 16655 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.5 318 33 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.11 m Freezing level: 648.96 mb = 3736.22 m = 12257.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.47 mb = 2928.15 m = 9606.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.21 % Est. max temperature: 24.35 C = 75.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.77 mb = 2111.49 m = 6927.36 ft T: 8.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 15.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.95 mb = 2320.12 m = 7611.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 26.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.77 mb = 2237.20 m = 7339.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.77 mb = 2505.40 m = 8219.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 655.77 mb = 3652.12 m = 11981.87 ft B at Equ Level: 30.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 545.77 mb = 5099.96 m = 16731.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.0 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 4.0 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 51.00 m/s