MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407201200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 21 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 138 SFC 959 514 30.6 16.6 43 14.0 20.9 66 5 307.5 309.8 295.6 345.3 12.52 2 950 595 29.5 15.7 43 13.7 20.1 66 5 307.1 309.3 295.0 343.0 11.91 3 900 1074 24.7 14.3 52 10.4 17.7 65 6 307.0 309.1 294.7 341.6 11.48 4 850 1571 19.9 13.2 65 6.7 15.5 64 5 307.0 309.2 294.6 341.2 11.32 5 800 2090 15.2 10.3 73 4.8 12.1 61 5 307.3 309.2 293.6 337.3 9.90 6 750 2633 11.2 1.0 49 10.2 5.7 14 6 308.7 309.7 290.5 325.6 5.48 7 700 3204 6.3 -0.2 63 6.4 2.9 4 8 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.2 5.41 8 650 3807 1.8 -4.0 65 5.8 -1.0 360 10 311.0 311.8 290.2 324.8 4.38 9 600 4448 -1.9 -9.9 54 8.1 -5.2 0 10 314.0 314.5 289.9 323.7 3.00 10 550 5134 -5.5 -22.6 25 17.1 -10.6 3 11 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.4 1.13 11 500 5875 -10.1 -27.8 22 17.7 -14.5 353 13 320.7 320.9 289.8 323.5 0.78 12 450 6678 -15.4 -33.8 19 18.4 -19.1 346 14 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.49 13 400 7555 -21.7 -40.9 16 19.1 -24.5 352 15 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.27 14 350 8523 -29.3 -45.4 20 16.1 -31.0 1 17 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.19 15 300 9604 -38.3 -47.3 38 9.0 -38.9 9 20 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.18 16 250 10830 -48.2 -55.2 44 7.0 -48.5 19 23 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12268 -56.2 -66.0 28 9.8 -56.3 6 21 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14114 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 345 26 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16710 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 348 23 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.19 m Freezing level: 625.29 mb = 4123.44 m = 13528.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.62 mb = 3650.17 m = 11975.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.45 mb = 2276.90 m = 7470.06 ft T: 13.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 19.61 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.79 mb = 2535.21 m = 8317.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 36.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1467.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.17 mb = 2366.34 m = 7763.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.17 mb = 2753.52 m = 9033.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.17 mb = 11978.62 m = 39299.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1465.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.17 mb = 14593.89 m = 47879.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 9.4 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 39.4 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 206.44 Bulk Shear: 7.11 m/s