MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107301200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107301200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 31 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 106 SFC 956 507 32.4 12.3 29 20.1 19.1 327 10 309.5 311.3 293.9 338.3 9.44 2 950 566 31.2 11.6 30 19.6 18.4 327 11 308.8 310.5 293.4 336.4 9.05 3 900 1046 26.4 10.8 38 15.6 16.3 327 13 308.7 310.4 293.4 336.3 9.04 4 850 1545 21.5 9.7 47 11.8 14.0 326 13 308.7 310.3 293.3 335.9 8.94 5 800 2066 16.5 8.8 61 7.7 11.7 325 13 308.7 310.4 293.3 335.9 8.92 6 750 2611 11.8 3.2 55 8.6 6.9 325 15 309.4 310.6 291.5 329.2 6.42 7 700 3183 6.8 0.9 66 5.9 3.7 324 17 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.2 5.85 8 650 3787 3.2 -17.9 19 21.1 -4.2 323 21 312.6 312.9 287.9 317.4 1.44 9 600 4431 -0.7 -13.4 37 12.7 -5.6 328 29 315.3 315.7 289.6 322.7 2.26 10 550 5120 -4.9 -26.2 17 21.3 -10.8 325 33 318.3 318.4 289.1 321.1 0.82 11 500 5862 -9.2 -35.3 10 26.1 -14.6 314 36 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.2 0.38 12 450 6670 -14.1 -42.5 7 28.5 -18.7 306 42 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.20 13 400 7549 -21.3 -42.5 13 21.2 -24.2 300 46 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.23 14 350 8519 -28.3 -46.4 16 18.1 -30.2 297 58 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.17 15 300 9607 -34.8 -55.8 10 21.1 -36.1 295 71 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 16 250 10861 -42.5 -57.1 19 14.6 -43.2 291 94 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.07 17 200 12336 -50.7 -71.7 7 20.9 -51.2 292 84 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 14171 -58.2 -80.1 4 21.9 -58.5 293 66 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16702 -60.7 -85.4 2 24.7 -61.0 307 31 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.81 m Freezing level: 608.87 mb = 4317.13 m = 14163.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.74 mb = 3458.75 m = 11347.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.47 mb = 3013.54 m = 9886.83 ft T: 8.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 20.90 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3157.79 m = 10360.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.30 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.77 mb = 3009.99 m = 9875.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.77 mb = 3665.79 m = 12026.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 319.77 mb = 9156.96 m = 30042.16 ft B at Equ Level: 179.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.77 mb = 10867.00 m = 35652.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.4 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 351.4 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.04 Bulk Shear: 16.58 m/s