MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407251200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 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 28 1 950 495 SFC 948 513 37.6 19.1 34 18.5 24.1 174 15 315.5 318.3 299.0 361.7 14.84 3 900 987 32.9 17.0 39 15.9 21.6 181 26 315.4 318.1 298.3 358.1 13.70 4 850 1500 29.4 11.0 32 18.4 17.1 201 30 317.0 318.8 296.1 347.6 9.75 5 800 2035 25.7 1.5 21 24.2 11.6 208 29 318.5 319.5 293.2 335.6 5.33 6 750 2597 21.2 -6.8 15 28.0 7.1 207 26 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.7 3.06 7 700 3187 15.8 -6.1 22 21.9 4.8 205 24 320.0 320.6 292.0 331.3 3.45 8 650 3808 9.9 -5.8 32 15.7 2.1 207 22 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.6 3.81 9 600 4466 4.3 -11.6 31 15.8 -2.6 228 19 321.1 321.6 291.7 329.8 2.63 10 550 5165 -1.6 -15.7 33 14.1 -7.0 238 14 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.1 2.04 11 500 5915 -7.4 -13.0 64 5.7 -9.6 243 15 324.0 324.6 292.6 333.4 2.80 12 450 6728 -12.9 -16.0 78 3.1 -14.0 253 18 327.0 327.5 293.2 335.3 2.44 13 400 7613 -19.3 -22.3 77 3.0 -20.1 262 20 329.9 330.3 293.2 335.6 1.60 14 350 8595 -25.0 -35.6 36 10.7 -26.8 262 21 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.1 0.52 15 300 9699 -32.9 -42.9 36 10.1 -34.0 270 20 339.0 339.1 294.4 340.2 0.29 16 250 10952 -44.1 -49.4 55 5.3 -44.4 293 29 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.17 17 200 12410 -54.3 -61.8 39 7.5 -54.4 274 28 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14229 -59.4 -79.9 5 20.5 -59.6 302 45 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16756 -60.3 -85.1 2 24.8 -60.6 291 14 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5886.69 m Freezing level: 563.55 mb = 4975.62 m = 16324.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.63 mb = 4095.91 m = 13437.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.97 % Est. max temperature: 40.57 C = 105.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.04 mb = 2850.71 m = 9352.62 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 32.04 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.01 mb = 3654.55 m = 11989.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.14 C = 107.85 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.39 C K Index: 25.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2360.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.46 mb = 3168.66 m = 10395.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.46 mb = 3981.11 m = 13061.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.46 mb = 13201.22 m = 43310.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2358.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.4 neg: -15.9 tot: 107.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.82 Bulk Rich Number: 115.91 Bulk Shear: 20.37 m/s