MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107081200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107081200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 9 JUL 21 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 58 SFC 950 507 26.9 16.1 51 10.9 19.5 136 11 304.5 306.7 294.5 340.8 12.16 2 950 510 26.2 15.9 53 10.3 19.2 136 11 303.8 306.0 294.2 339.6 12.03 3 900 983 21.5 14.7 65 6.8 17.0 140 14 303.7 305.8 294.0 338.5 11.73 4 850 1475 16.7 13.8 83 2.9 14.7 143 14 303.6 305.8 293.9 338.4 11.72 5 800 1988 12.6 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 174 10 304.6 306.6 293.5 336.8 10.75 6 750 2531 11.8 5.3 64 6.6 8.0 287 9 309.4 310.8 292.3 332.3 7.45 7 700 3104 7.5 1.2 64 6.3 4.1 292 13 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.4 5.98 8 650 3710 2.8 0.4 84 2.4 1.5 292 12 312.1 313.3 292.0 331.1 6.09 9 600 4353 -1.1 -10.2 50 9.1 -4.9 301 20 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.3 2.93 10 550 5040 -5.8 -19.9 32 14.1 -10.3 291 25 317.1 317.4 289.3 322.0 1.43 11 500 5779 -11.2 -29.2 21 18.0 -15.4 285 28 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.8 0.68 12 450 6578 -17.2 -33.5 23 16.3 -20.3 274 31 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.4 0.50 13 400 7449 -23.1 -30.2 53 7.0 -24.5 271 29 324.9 325.1 291.0 327.7 0.78 14 350 8412 -30.3 -36.9 53 6.6 -31.2 283 37 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.5 0.46 15 300 9490 -38.8 -46.8 43 7.9 -39.4 282 44 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.19 16 250 10714 -47.4 -62.2 17 14.8 -47.9 279 30 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.7 0.04 17 200 12170 -51.5 -69.0 11 17.5 -51.8 288 44 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14030 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 297 49 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16607 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 306 28 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.02 m Freezing level: 614.12 mb = 4171.41 m = 13685.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.03 mb = 3859.13 m = 12661.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.83 mb = 1874.26 m = 6149.06 ft T: 13.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 11.38 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 1938.65 m = 6360.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1025.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.70 mb = 1833.93 m = 6016.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.70 mb = 3225.14 m = 10581.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.70 mb = 10988.92 m = 36052.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1021.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.70 mb = 13625.10 m = 44701.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 81.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 9.63 Bulk Shear: 106.49 m/s