MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407311200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 1 AUG 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 76 SFC 952 514 29.6 13.0 36 16.6 18.6 351 7 307.1 308.9 293.6 337.0 9.91 2 950 531 28.9 12.2 36 16.8 18.0 351 7 306.6 308.3 293.0 335.0 9.42 3 900 1007 24.2 11.0 44 13.2 15.7 348 8 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.3 9.21 4 850 1503 19.4 10.0 55 9.4 13.5 345 9 306.5 308.2 292.8 334.1 9.13 5 800 2021 14.4 9.1 70 5.3 11.1 342 9 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.9 9.09 6 750 2562 9.6 5.3 74 4.3 7.1 337 14 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.7 7.46 7 700 3131 6.2 -1.2 59 7.4 2.4 330 20 309.3 310.3 290.2 324.9 5.02 8 650 3735 2.8 -6.2 52 9.0 -1.4 337 16 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.8 3.70 9 600 4378 -0.6 -10.8 46 10.3 -4.8 338 13 315.5 316.0 290.2 324.6 2.79 10 550 5069 -3.5 -19.1 29 15.5 -8.8 334 13 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.1 1.54 11 500 5816 -7.6 -31.7 13 24.1 -13.3 334 14 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.8 0.54 12 450 6627 -12.9 -45.3 5 32.4 -18.0 351 16 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.15 13 400 7513 -19.2 -47.2 6 28.0 -22.8 359 16 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 14 350 8490 -27.2 -44.2 18 16.9 -29.2 360 16 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.22 15 300 9580 -36.1 -51.6 19 15.5 -37.1 3 12 334.5 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 16 250 10820 -45.0 -58.3 21 13.3 -45.5 14 15 339.1 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.06 17 200 12281 -52.7 -66.4 18 13.7 -53.0 18 28 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14125 -55.6 -79.5 4 23.9 -55.9 337 17 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16692 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 281 15 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.45 m Freezing level: 608.49 mb = 4269.07 m = 14005.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3509.69 m = 11514.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.84 mb = 2596.45 m = 8518.42 ft T: 9.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 13.19 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2854.77 m = 9365.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 17.63 C K Index: 29.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5816.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.49 mb = 2655.76 m = 8713.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.6 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 7.6 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 4.42 m/s