MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407181200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 19 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 107 SFC 955 514 30.3 16.8 45 13.4 20.9 80 3 307.4 309.8 295.7 345.8 12.74 2 950 564 29.5 16.0 44 13.5 20.2 81 3 307.1 309.4 295.2 343.7 12.13 3 900 1043 24.9 14.6 53 10.3 17.9 102 2 307.1 309.3 294.8 342.3 11.65 4 850 1540 20.0 13.6 67 6.4 15.7 159 2 307.1 309.3 294.8 342.1 11.59 5 800 2060 15.1 12.7 85 2.4 13.6 209 5 307.3 309.5 294.9 342.3 11.61 6 750 2603 10.7 9.6 93 1.1 10.0 255 12 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.7 10.04 7 700 3174 6.0 1.5 73 4.5 3.5 281 17 309.1 310.3 291.1 327.9 6.10 8 650 3778 3.4 -11.3 33 14.7 -2.7 306 18 312.8 313.2 289.0 320.8 2.48 9 600 4422 -0.0 -15.4 30 15.3 -5.7 319 20 316.1 316.5 289.5 322.5 1.93 10 550 5113 -4.3 -17.3 35 13.0 -8.8 315 20 319.0 319.3 290.3 325.0 1.79 11 500 5856 -9.5 -22.9 33 13.4 -13.4 302 21 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.7 1.21 12 450 6661 -15.3 -34.4 18 19.2 -19.0 291 22 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.7 0.46 13 400 7538 -21.7 -44.3 11 22.6 -24.6 288 25 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.19 14 350 8507 -28.7 -45.6 18 16.9 -30.4 299 31 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.18 15 300 9590 -37.9 -45.0 47 7.2 -38.4 302 30 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.23 16 250 10818 -47.7 -56.3 36 8.7 -48.0 296 33 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.07 17 200 12266 -52.7 -67.3 16 14.6 -53.0 288 25 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14127 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 313 24 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16704 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 336 19 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.58 m Freezing level: 600.28 mb = 4418.85 m = 14497.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.54 mb = 3512.15 m = 11522.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.53 mb = 2202.60 m = 7226.29 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 21.56 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.58 mb = 2407.95 m = 7900.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1333.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.78 mb = 2318.42 m = 7606.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.78 mb = 2482.85 m = 8145.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.78 mb = 11624.92 m = 38139.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1325.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.78 mb = 14529.90 m = 47669.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.9 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 328.9 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 36.15 Bulk Shear: 36.89 m/s