MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107311200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107311200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 1 AUG 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 165 SFC 962 507 29.3 9.2 28 20.1 16.8 7 9 305.8 307.3 291.4 328.9 7.61 2 950 620 27.5 8.4 30 19.1 15.8 5 10 305.1 306.4 290.9 327.1 7.29 3 900 1094 22.8 7.7 38 15.1 13.7 2 11 305.0 306.4 290.9 327.2 7.36 4 850 1587 18.0 6.8 48 11.2 11.3 359 11 304.9 306.3 290.9 327.0 7.30 5 800 2101 13.0 5.8 62 7.1 8.8 356 10 305.0 306.3 290.8 326.9 7.27 6 750 2638 7.7 4.9 82 2.8 6.1 354 10 304.9 306.3 290.8 326.8 7.26 7 700 3203 3.9 2.3 89 1.6 3.0 337 13 306.8 308.0 290.7 326.4 6.45 8 650 3803 1.7 -11.7 36 13.5 -3.6 344 26 310.9 311.4 288.3 318.7 2.39 9 600 4444 -1.4 -16.9 29 15.6 -6.8 344 29 314.5 314.8 288.8 320.1 1.69 10 550 5132 -4.9 -21.5 26 16.6 -10.1 345 28 318.2 318.5 289.5 322.5 1.24 11 500 5874 -9.5 -34.1 11 24.6 -14.7 344 26 321.5 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.43 12 450 6679 -15.2 -40.0 10 24.8 -19.3 352 24 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.1 0.26 13 400 7556 -21.7 -47.3 8 25.6 -24.8 2 23 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.13 14 350 8522 -29.7 -52.2 9 22.4 -31.6 6 27 328.6 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.09 15 300 9601 -38.5 -51.7 23 13.3 -39.3 1 24 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 16 250 10830 -46.4 -62.3 15 15.9 -46.9 337 34 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 17 200 12293 -52.2 -71.1 9 18.9 -52.5 323 52 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14137 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 324 55 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16695 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 338 41 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.33 m Freezing level: 622.23 mb = 4158.61 m = 13643.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.28 mb = 3469.97 m = 11384.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.93 mb = 3007.43 m = 9866.78 ft T: 5.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 8.57 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.71 mb = 3159.78 m = 10366.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 16.28 C K Index: 32.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6516.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.10 mb = 2982.67 m = 9785.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.3 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 17.3 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 12.85 m/s