MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307191200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307191200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 20 JUL 23 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 133 SFC 957 514 23.0 12.4 51 10.6 16.3 329 15 299.9 301.6 291.1 327.8 9.49 2 950 578 21.8 11.7 53 10.1 15.5 329 18 299.3 301.0 290.6 326.1 9.13 3 900 1043 17.1 10.6 66 6.5 13.1 329 22 299.1 300.7 290.3 325.3 8.94 4 850 1527 12.3 9.6 83 2.7 10.6 329 23 299.0 300.6 290.2 324.9 8.84 5 800 2032 8.2 6.6 90 1.6 7.3 335 26 299.9 301.3 289.5 322.5 7.65 6 750 2562 5.1 2.3 83 2.7 3.6 340 26 302.1 303.2 288.8 320.2 6.05 7 700 3122 1.6 -2.8 72 4.4 -0.4 345 25 304.3 305.1 288.1 317.9 4.46 8 650 3718 -0.0 -7.7 56 7.7 -3.3 341 24 308.9 309.6 288.5 319.3 3.30 9 600 4355 -2.5 -22.2 20 19.7 -8.4 337 26 313.3 313.5 287.7 316.9 1.07 10 550 5041 -6.0 -29.0 14 22.9 -11.8 336 29 316.9 317.1 288.5 319.2 0.63 11 500 5778 -11.4 -25.0 32 13.6 -15.0 332 33 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.6 1.00 12 450 6577 -17.0 -33.4 23 16.5 -20.1 328 36 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.8 0.51 13 400 7448 -24.1 -36.3 31 12.3 -25.9 328 36 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.3 0.43 14 350 8405 -32.1 -42.8 34 10.7 -33.2 331 36 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.25 15 300 9474 -41.1 -52.1 29 11.1 -41.6 338 38 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.10 16 250 10687 -49.0 -61.0 23 12.0 -49.3 318 42 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.04 17 200 12146 -48.9 -72.5 5 23.7 -49.4 308 57 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14032 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 302 49 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16653 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 298 22 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.11 m Freezing level: 650.56 mb = 3711.09 m = 12175.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.55 mb = 3058.15 m = 10033.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.71 % Est. max temperature: 22.86 C = 73.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.60 mb = 1840.65 m = 6038.79 ft T: 9.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 9.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.23 mb = 1915.92 m = 6285.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.79 C = 73.02 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: 2.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 28.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.13 mb = 1855.62 m = 6087.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.13 mb = 2009.92 m = 6594.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 662.13 mb = 3569.23 m = 11709.91 ft B at Equ Level: 31.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 602.13 mb = 4327.13 m = 14196.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.6 neg: -3.1 tot: 44.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.23