MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207071200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 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 145 SFC 958 514 23.7 15.8 61 7.9 18.4 87 9 300.5 302.7 293.2 335.4 11.89 2 950 589 22.4 15.0 63 7.4 17.5 87 10 300.0 302.0 292.6 333.3 11.36 3 900 1056 17.7 13.7 77 4.0 15.1 88 12 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.0 11.03 4 850 1542 13.2 12.3 95 0.9 12.7 89 12 300.0 301.9 292.0 331.2 10.66 5 800 2052 11.9 9.9 88 2.0 10.7 115 4 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.6 9.63 6 750 2590 8.3 6.9 91 1.4 7.5 132 2 305.6 307.2 291.9 330.8 8.36 7 700 3157 5.2 3.3 87 1.9 4.1 138 5 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.5 6.95 8 650 3759 1.8 -0.6 84 2.4 0.5 154 5 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.5 5.64 9 600 4402 -1.3 -3.5 84 2.3 -2.4 291 2 314.7 315.6 291.8 330.3 4.91 10 550 5091 -5.1 -6.5 90 1.3 -5.7 304 10 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.9 4.29 11 500 5834 -9.2 -14.5 65 5.3 -11.1 307 20 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.2 2.50 12 450 6641 -14.4 -27.9 31 13.5 -17.7 299 25 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.2 0.86 13 400 7522 -20.3 -44.7 9 24.4 -23.6 279 30 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.18 14 350 8495 -28.1 -50.2 10 22.1 -30.2 273 33 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.11 15 300 9581 -36.9 -55.9 12 19.0 -37.9 263 40 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 16 250 10817 -46.0 -62.2 14 16.3 -46.5 247 49 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.04 17 200 12269 -54.0 -68.4 15 14.5 -54.2 252 55 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 14104 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 259 50 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16655 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 283 27 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.28 m Freezing level: 620.89 mb = 4133.32 m = 13560.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.66 mb = 3875.38 m = 12714.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.35 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.90 mb = 1503.10 m = 4931.36 ft T: 13.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 4.13 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1889.21 m = 6198.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.78 C = 78.40 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 32.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.96 mb = 1562.28 m = 5125.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.96 mb = 3357.46 m = 11015.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 622.96 mb = 4100.32 m = 13452.32 ft B at Equ Level: 4.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 572.96 mb = 4767.08 m = 15639.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.7 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 358.7 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.5 neg: -6.3 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 39.22 m/s