MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2108281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2108281200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 29 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 92 SFC 953 514 23.0 9.7 43 13.3 14.8 301 8 300.3 301.7 289.9 323.7 7.94 2 950 537 23.0 9.2 41 13.9 14.6 302 9 300.6 302.0 289.8 323.3 7.68 3 900 1004 18.7 7.8 49 10.8 12.3 298 14 300.8 302.1 289.6 322.8 7.41 4 850 1490 13.9 6.9 63 7.0 9.9 295 15 300.8 302.1 289.6 322.6 7.38 5 800 1997 9.0 6.0 82 3.0 7.3 292 15 300.7 302.1 289.5 322.5 7.36 6 750 2528 4.2 3.6 95 0.7 3.9 294 20 301.2 302.4 289.0 320.9 6.60 7 700 3086 1.0 -0.5 90 1.5 0.3 294 20 303.6 304.5 288.6 319.5 5.26 8 650 3679 -2.1 -6.2 73 4.2 -3.9 278 20 306.6 307.3 288.1 318.1 3.69 9 600 4310 -6.1 -16.0 45 9.9 -9.4 265 17 309.0 309.4 287.1 315.0 1.83 10 550 4985 -10.4 -16.9 59 6.5 -12.5 247 19 311.7 312.1 288.0 317.7 1.85 11 500 5713 -14.6 -21.4 56 6.8 -16.4 241 23 315.2 315.5 288.7 319.9 1.39 12 450 6503 -20.5 -27.9 52 7.3 -22.1 240 24 317.4 317.6 288.9 320.4 0.86 13 400 7360 -27.4 -31.1 71 3.7 -28.0 249 27 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.71 14 350 8308 -34.3 -37.5 73 3.2 -34.6 226 41 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.44 15 300 9369 -42.4 -45.8 69 3.4 -42.6 207 55 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.21 16 250 10572 -52.3 -56.6 60 4.3 -52.4 214 66 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.07 17 200 12020 -48.0 -75.4 3 27.4 -48.6 239 49 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 13912 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 237 34 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16533 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.4 242 23 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.80 m Freezing level: 683.88 mb = 3277.21 m = 10751.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.95 mb = 3121.11 m = 10239.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.75 % Est. max temperature: 23.43 C = 74.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.56 mb = 2178.51 m = 7147.27 ft T: 7.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 8.76 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.77 mb = 2378.23 m = 7802.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.76 C = 74.76 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.81 mb = 2334.89 m = 7660.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.81 mb = 2496.96 m = 8192.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 502.81 mb = 5669.88 m = 18601.73 ft B at Equ Level: 51.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.81 mb = 8864.68 m = 29083.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -7.7 tot: -4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.91 Bulk Shear: 13.65 m/s