MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407211200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 22 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 140 SFC 959 514 29.9 16.2 43 13.8 20.5 84 4 306.8 309.0 295.1 343.3 12.15 2 950 596 28.7 15.3 44 13.4 19.6 85 4 306.3 308.5 294.6 341.2 11.58 3 900 1073 24.0 13.9 53 10.1 17.2 87 4 306.3 308.3 294.3 339.9 11.17 4 850 1570 19.2 13.1 68 6.2 15.1 88 4 306.3 308.4 294.3 339.9 11.19 5 800 2087 14.2 11.8 85 2.4 12.7 86 3 306.3 308.3 294.1 339.3 10.95 6 750 2629 10.3 4.5 67 5.8 6.9 335 6 307.7 309.1 291.5 329.2 7.04 7 700 3199 6.4 -0.9 60 7.3 2.7 344 6 309.6 310.5 290.4 325.5 5.13 8 650 3803 2.8 -3.2 65 5.9 -0.2 344 7 312.1 313.0 290.8 326.8 4.66 9 600 4446 -0.7 -13.0 39 12.3 -5.5 2 9 315.3 315.8 289.7 323.0 2.34 10 550 5136 -4.7 -16.3 40 11.6 -8.8 14 9 318.5 318.9 290.3 325.0 1.94 11 500 5878 -9.5 -20.4 41 10.9 -12.9 18 7 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.7 1.51 12 450 6683 -15.6 -25.7 42 10.1 -18.1 7 9 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.3 1.05 13 400 7559 -22.3 -32.4 39 10.1 -24.2 0 12 325.9 326.1 291.2 328.2 0.63 14 350 8525 -29.3 -41.8 29 12.4 -30.8 11 17 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.2 0.28 15 300 9606 -38.0 -47.5 36 9.5 -38.8 5 17 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.17 16 250 10834 -47.7 -54.0 49 6.3 -48.0 345 18 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12275 -56.1 -65.2 31 9.1 -56.3 354 23 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14109 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 352 26 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16696 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 9 23 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.98 m Freezing level: 609.87 mb = 4319.18 m = 14170.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.77 mb = 3767.94 m = 12361.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.10 mb = 2244.85 m = 7364.89 ft T: 13.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 14.41 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.77 mb = 2432.04 m = 7979.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 34.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1084.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.88 mb = 2322.34 m = 7619.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.88 mb = 2596.40 m = 8518.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.88 mb = 11872.44 m = 38951.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1071.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.88 mb = 13988.21 m = 45892.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.7 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 41.7 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 194.24 Bulk Shear: 5.58 m/s