MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307241200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307241200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 25 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 70 SFC 952 514 34.1 16.7 35 17.5 21.8 179 9 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.3 12.62 2 950 533 33.6 15.9 35 17.8 21.3 180 9 311.3 313.6 296.2 348.1 12.01 3 900 1018 28.8 14.8 42 14.0 19.2 185 12 311.2 313.4 296.0 347.4 11.81 4 850 1522 23.9 13.8 53 10.1 17.1 189 12 311.2 313.4 296.0 347.2 11.75 5 800 2048 19.2 11.4 61 7.8 14.1 203 12 311.6 313.6 295.3 344.3 10.63 6 750 2599 15.5 -0.5 33 16.0 6.9 269 11 313.4 314.4 291.4 329.0 4.92 7 700 3178 10.4 -5.5 32 15.9 2.7 295 9 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.7 3.63 8 650 3789 6.2 -14.9 20 21.0 -2.1 340 20 315.9 316.3 289.4 322.1 1.85 9 600 4440 1.9 -11.1 37 13.0 -3.6 321 34 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.3 2.73 10 550 5134 -3.6 -12.6 50 9.0 -7.2 310 40 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.6 2.65 11 500 5878 -9.2 -28.2 20 19.1 -14.0 308 37 321.9 322.0 290.1 324.5 0.75 12 450 6685 -14.5 -35.6 15 21.1 -18.6 308 36 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.5 0.41 13 400 7565 -20.7 -30.2 42 9.5 -22.7 307 38 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.9 0.77 14 350 8538 -27.6 -30.7 75 3.1 -28.2 301 47 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.6 0.84 15 300 9626 -36.9 -42.9 54 6.0 -37.5 302 49 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.29 16 250 10858 -45.8 -61.3 16 15.5 -46.3 303 52 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.04 17 200 12318 -53.4 -77.7 4 24.3 -53.7 299 66 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.00 18 150 14144 -57.9 -79.9 4 21.9 -58.2 308 60 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16675 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 318 38 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.97 m Freezing level: 582.89 mb = 4677.20 m = 15344.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.75 mb = 3517.76 m = 11541.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.06 C = 93.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.15 mb = 2710.00 m = 8890.98 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 28.23 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.45 mb = 3101.11 m = 10174.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.44 C = 97.60 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1647.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.00 mb = 2779.97 m = 9120.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.00 mb = 3429.15 m = 11250.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.00 mb = 12349.73 m = 40517.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1631.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.00 mb = 15588.78 m = 51143.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.8 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 332.8 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.7 neg: -7.1 tot: 82.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 14.12 Bulk Shear: 116.65 m/s