MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 2 JUL 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 22 1 950 465 SFC 945 514 22.8 20.4 86 2.4 21.1 241 6 300.8 303.7 296.2 348.2 16.13 3 900 934 19.6 16.5 82 3.2 17.5 254 11 301.8 304.2 294.5 340.6 13.19 4 850 1424 15.6 11.8 78 3.8 13.1 297 12 302.5 304.4 292.5 332.9 10.26 5 800 1935 11.4 6.1 70 5.3 8.3 306 13 303.3 304.7 290.4 325.5 7.42 6 750 2471 8.2 4.1 75 4.1 5.9 280 13 305.5 306.7 290.6 326.2 6.84 7 700 3040 6.3 5.3 93 1.0 5.7 210 14 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.9 7.98 8 650 3645 2.9 1.3 89 1.6 2.0 203 28 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.4 6.48 9 600 4289 -1.0 -1.9 94 0.9 -1.5 206 37 315.0 316.0 292.4 332.5 5.55 10 550 4979 -4.7 -6.0 91 1.3 -5.3 213 42 318.5 319.3 292.4 332.8 4.44 11 500 5724 -8.8 -10.3 89 1.5 -9.4 217 52 322.3 323.0 292.7 333.8 3.49 12 450 6533 -13.8 -15.9 84 2.1 -14.6 219 58 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.2 2.45 13 400 7416 -20.0 -22.7 79 2.7 -20.7 216 61 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.4 1.54 14 350 8392 -27.1 -30.4 73 3.3 -27.8 216 62 332.2 332.3 293.2 335.3 0.87 15 300 9483 -36.1 -39.6 71 3.4 -36.5 215 69 334.5 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.41 16 250 10719 -46.5 -51.1 59 4.6 -46.7 215 82 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.14 17 200 12176 -51.9 -68.8 12 16.8 -52.3 225 90 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14038 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 236 57 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16646 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 249 23 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.59 m Freezing level: 612.98 mb = 4122.04 m = 13523.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.15 mb = 4010.57 m = 13157.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.48 C = 77.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.20 mb = 817.36 m = 2681.59 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 22.64 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1478.47 m = 4850.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.53 C = 76.15 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 35.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 664.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.40 mb = 1379.77 m = 4526.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.40 mb = 1630.87 m = 5350.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.40 mb = 11001.76 m = 36094.56 ft B at Equ Level: 660.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.40 mb = 13250.53 m = 43472.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -31.6 tot: 45.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 10.76 Bulk Shear: 61.76 m/s