MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407271200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 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 -14 1 950 444 SFC 943 514 32.6 13.0 30 19.6 19.4 281 8 311.0 312.8 294.7 341.7 10.01 3 900 927 28.2 10.9 34 17.3 17.0 274 10 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.6 9.14 4 850 1430 23.3 10.0 43 13.4 14.8 267 11 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.5 9.08 5 800 1954 18.2 9.2 55 9.1 12.5 255 12 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.7 9.15 6 750 2502 12.9 8.1 72 4.9 9.9 244 14 310.6 312.4 294.0 338.5 9.07 7 700 3077 8.1 4.6 79 3.5 6.1 244 24 311.4 312.9 293.0 334.9 7.61 8 650 3685 3.7 -0.9 72 4.6 1.3 248 34 313.1 314.2 291.9 330.5 5.52 9 600 4329 -0.7 -7.9 58 7.2 -3.9 249 39 315.3 316.0 290.7 326.6 3.52 10 550 5018 -5.0 -17.5 37 12.5 -9.3 253 38 318.2 318.5 290.0 324.1 1.75 11 500 5760 -9.9 -29.2 19 19.3 -14.5 256 39 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.5 0.68 12 450 6563 -16.1 -39.5 11 23.5 -19.9 253 40 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.27 13 400 7438 -21.4 -46.8 8 25.4 -24.5 257 46 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.14 14 350 8412 -26.7 -36.8 38 10.1 -28.3 258 75 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.5 0.47 15 300 9503 -35.7 -52.4 16 16.8 -36.8 256 76 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10748 -43.6 -65.9 7 22.2 -44.4 250 57 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12232 -46.0 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.7 248 57 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 18 150 14119 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 251 57 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 244 22 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.08 m Freezing level: 608.00 mb = 4226.28 m = 13865.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.45 mb = 3841.75 m = 12604.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.20 mb = 2968.45 m = 9738.90 ft T: 9.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.94 mb = 3195.95 m = 10485.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.40 C = 92.12 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 39.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 520.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.65 mb = 3069.65 m = 10070.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.65 mb = 3367.56 m = 11048.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.65 mb = 10081.34 m = 33074.87 ft B at Equ Level: 517.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.65 mb = 12376.64 m = 40605.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 10.83 Bulk Shear: 48.03 m/s