MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407231200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 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 121 SFC 957 514 28.3 18.4 55 9.9 21.3 112 6 305.3 307.9 296.1 347.4 14.08 2 950 575 27.1 17.8 57 9.3 20.6 113 7 304.7 307.2 295.6 345.3 13.63 3 900 1050 22.4 16.8 70 5.6 18.5 117 7 304.6 307.1 295.4 344.7 13.46 4 850 1544 17.5 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 121 7 304.5 307.0 295.3 344.3 13.34 5 800 2060 13.9 11.5 85 2.4 12.4 299 7 306.0 308.0 293.9 338.3 10.75 6 750 2602 10.9 -1.9 41 12.8 4.4 314 16 308.4 309.2 289.4 322.1 4.43 7 700 3173 7.4 -10.5 27 18.0 -0.2 323 21 310.7 311.2 288.3 318.6 2.45 8 650 3779 5.1 -26.4 8 31.5 -4.4 324 25 314.7 314.8 287.8 317.1 0.68 9 600 4427 1.7 -32.8 6 34.4 -7.1 325 28 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.5 0.40 10 550 5122 -2.6 -34.8 6 32.2 -10.2 324 28 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.36 11 500 5869 -7.8 -36.4 8 28.6 -13.8 323 29 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.8 0.34 12 450 6678 -14.3 -34.6 16 20.4 -18.3 312 36 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.45 13 400 7557 -21.9 -35.6 28 13.6 -24.2 305 40 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.2 0.46 14 350 8522 -30.4 -45.5 21 15.1 -31.9 312 40 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 15 300 9599 -38.4 -54.9 16 16.5 -39.3 319 37 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.07 16 250 10828 -47.4 -58.4 27 11.0 -47.9 322 40 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.06 17 200 12275 -53.8 -70.4 11 16.6 -54.1 328 46 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14124 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 332 40 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16701 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 337 23 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.95 m Freezing level: 580.64 mb = 4696.22 m = 15407.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.73 mb = 3152.11 m = 10341.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.71 mb = 1759.90 m = 5773.86 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 30.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1858.80 m = 6098.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 23.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1575.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.85 mb = 1758.55 m = 5769.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.85 mb = 2019.22 m = 6624.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.85 mb = 12151.73 m = 39867.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1556.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.85 mb = 14848.06 m = 48713.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.1 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 353.1 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 131.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 17.05 Bulk Shear: 92.43 m/s