MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 JUL 22 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 110 SFC 955 514 23.8 11.3 45 12.5 15.9 359 6 300.9 302.5 290.9 327.0 8.82 2 950 557 22.9 10.0 44 12.9 15.0 357 6 300.5 301.9 290.2 324.6 8.16 3 900 1024 18.3 8.6 53 9.7 12.5 351 6 300.4 301.8 289.8 323.5 7.83 4 850 1510 13.6 7.8 68 5.7 10.2 344 6 300.4 301.8 289.9 323.6 7.85 5 800 2017 8.8 6.6 86 2.2 7.5 328 6 300.5 301.9 289.8 323.2 7.67 6 750 2547 5.0 0.8 74 4.3 2.8 308 18 302.0 303.0 288.2 318.3 5.40 7 700 3107 1.7 -3.1 70 4.8 -0.6 308 19 304.4 305.2 288.0 317.7 4.35 8 650 3700 -2.0 -6.8 70 4.8 -4.1 309 20 306.7 307.4 288.0 317.7 3.53 9 600 4332 -6.0 -17.5 40 11.5 -9.6 301 22 309.2 309.5 286.9 314.5 1.61 10 550 5007 -10.4 -27.1 24 16.7 -14.3 297 28 311.8 311.9 286.9 314.4 0.76 11 500 5733 -15.3 -29.1 30 13.8 -18.2 295 36 314.4 314.5 287.7 316.8 0.69 12 450 6520 -21.1 -30.6 42 9.5 -22.8 295 41 316.8 316.9 288.5 319.1 0.67 13 400 7377 -27.5 -35.2 48 7.7 -28.6 294 45 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.48 14 350 8323 -34.7 -43.9 39 9.2 -35.5 290 49 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.22 15 300 9382 -42.2 -54.2 26 12.0 -42.8 288 58 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.08 16 250 10592 -49.9 -63.0 20 13.2 -50.2 285 72 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.03 17 200 12037 -52.1 -70.2 10 18.1 -52.4 285 74 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13899 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 288 62 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16492 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.5 289 43 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.80 m Freezing level: 676.98 mb = 3380.01 m = 11089.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 3010.86 m = 9878.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.40 C = 74.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.69 mb = 2081.95 m = 6830.47 ft T: 8.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.88 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.02 mb = 2330.76 m = 7646.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 31.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.16 mb = 2212.68 m = 7259.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.16 mb = 2588.87 m = 8493.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.16 mb = 8398.78 m = 27554.71 ft B at Equ Level: 159.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.16 mb = 10176.61 m = 33387.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.2 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 333.2 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.99 Bulk Shear: 40.55 m/s