MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 31 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 -3 1 950 458 SFC 944 513 33.5 13.8 31 19.7 20.2 3 4 311.8 313.8 295.4 344.4 10.59 3 900 943 30.2 7.7 24 22.5 16.1 358 7 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.5 7.34 4 850 1449 25.5 6.9 30 18.6 14.0 352 4 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.7 7.34 5 800 1976 20.4 5.8 38 14.6 11.6 249 1 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.5 7.24 6 750 2528 15.2 4.6 49 10.6 8.9 210 4 313.1 314.4 293.1 335.2 7.09 7 700 3107 9.8 1.8 57 8.0 5.4 223 8 313.4 314.6 292.5 332.9 6.24 8 650 3717 5.1 -2.1 60 7.2 1.4 258 22 314.8 315.7 291.9 330.8 5.05 9 600 4365 -0.2 -6.4 63 6.2 -3.1 256 29 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.6 3.95 10 550 5053 -6.1 -11.7 64 5.6 -8.4 252 30 316.8 317.4 290.6 326.1 2.83 11 500 5791 -11.4 -23.5 36 12.1 -14.7 249 30 319.1 319.4 289.7 323.1 1.15 12 450 6591 -16.0 -32.6 23 16.6 -19.3 251 34 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.2 0.55 13 400 7467 -22.1 -31.4 42 9.4 -23.9 257 41 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.69 14 350 8436 -28.6 -32.9 66 4.3 -29.3 261 44 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.8 0.69 15 300 9521 -37.5 -43.1 56 5.6 -38.0 257 42 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.28 16 250 10751 -47.6 -52.1 59 4.6 -47.8 255 45 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.12 17 200 12188 -57.0 -61.3 59 4.2 -57.1 253 45 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 18 150 14031 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 260 36 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16645 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 255 27 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.99 m Freezing level: 601.89 mb = 4340.09 m = 14238.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.20 mb = 3916.26 m = 12848.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.69 C = 94.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.09 mb = 2986.65 m = 9798.59 ft T: 10.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.55 mb = 3848.27 m = 12625.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.71 C = 98.08 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.36 mb = 3574.48 m = 11727.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.36 mb = 4279.27 m = 14039.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.36 mb = 11112.36 m = 36457.44 ft B at Equ Level: 591.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.36 mb = 13367.74 m = 43856.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.3 neg: -7.9 tot: 66.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 11.16 Bulk Shear: 53.27 m/s