MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107271200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107271200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 28 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 50 SFC 951 507 36.2 10.5 21 25.8 19.4 166 11 313.9 315.5 294.3 340.1 8.40 2 950 516 36.0 9.8 20 26.1 19.0 166 11 313.7 315.2 294.0 338.8 8.05 3 900 1003 31.1 8.7 25 22.3 16.8 171 17 313.5 315.0 293.9 338.1 7.88 4 850 1510 26.1 7.7 31 18.4 14.6 175 19 313.5 315.0 293.7 337.7 7.76 5 800 2039 22.6 0.7 23 21.9 10.3 211 13 315.2 316.2 292.0 331.3 5.05 6 750 2596 18.7 -0.9 26 19.6 7.9 287 17 316.9 317.8 292.3 332.2 4.77 7 700 3182 14.1 -4.4 27 18.5 4.6 276 22 318.0 318.8 291.9 330.8 3.93 8 650 3800 8.9 -6.2 34 15.0 1.5 282 30 319.0 319.7 292.0 331.1 3.71 9 600 4455 2.8 -6.8 49 9.7 -1.7 287 34 319.4 320.2 292.2 331.9 3.82 10 550 5151 -3.8 -4.4 95 0.6 -4.1 294 33 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.9 5.03 11 500 5897 -8.8 -10.9 84 2.2 -9.6 290 34 322.4 323.0 292.6 333.4 3.33 12 450 6707 -13.7 -16.1 82 2.4 -14.5 282 42 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.3 2.43 13 400 7591 -19.8 -22.3 80 2.6 -20.5 286 52 329.3 329.6 293.0 334.9 1.60 14 350 8568 -26.2 -29.1 77 2.9 -26.8 288 57 333.4 333.6 293.6 337.0 0.99 15 300 9666 -34.0 -38.2 65 4.3 -34.5 289 63 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.3 0.47 16 250 10919 -43.2 -48.0 59 4.8 -43.5 290 72 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.7 0.20 17 200 12384 -53.8 -57.8 62 3.9 -53.9 295 79 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14193 -59.7 -79.2 6 19.4 -59.9 293 53 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16717 -61.1 -85.7 2 24.6 -61.4 294 20 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.89 m Freezing level: 578.41 mb = 4755.73 m = 15602.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.72 mb = 4098.63 m = 13446.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.20 % Est. max temperature: 37.55 C = 99.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 655.69 mb = 3727.26 m = 12228.38 ft T: 9.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 8.78 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.44 mb = 4449.41 m = 14597.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.70 C = 107.05 F Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lifted Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.85 C Cross Totals Index: 16.41 C K Index: 24.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 116.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 323.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.92 mb = 3801.09 m = 12470.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 554.92 mb = 5079.74 m = 16665.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.92 mb = 8672.60 m = 28453.06 ft B at Equ Level: 115.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.92 mb = 10784.78 m = 35382.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.1 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 305.1 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 141.72 m/s