MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2108291200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2108291200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 30 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 106 SFC 954 514 24.3 8.2 36 16.1 14.6 349 5 301.4 302.8 289.6 322.7 7.14 2 950 554 23.7 7.5 35 16.2 14.1 348 5 301.3 302.5 289.3 321.7 6.86 3 900 1022 19.1 6.5 44 12.7 11.8 335 5 301.2 302.5 289.2 321.3 6.74 4 850 1509 14.4 5.4 55 9.0 9.3 313 5 301.2 302.4 289.0 320.9 6.61 5 800 2017 9.7 4.2 69 5.5 6.7 281 9 301.5 302.7 289.0 320.8 6.49 6 750 2548 5.0 2.8 86 2.2 3.8 280 16 302.0 303.1 288.9 320.7 6.25 7 700 3107 1.1 -5.9 59 7.0 -2.0 296 23 303.7 304.4 286.9 314.5 3.51 8 650 3702 0.1 -21.7 18 21.8 -6.6 296 22 309.0 309.2 286.2 312.5 1.03 9 600 4339 -2.8 -28.0 12 25.2 -9.4 290 26 312.8 313.0 287.1 315.0 0.63 10 550 5022 -7.2 -17.4 44 10.3 -10.6 289 32 315.6 315.9 289.2 321.5 1.77 11 500 5757 -12.2 -26.6 29 14.5 -15.7 285 34 318.2 318.4 289.1 321.2 0.87 12 450 6555 -18.0 -27.6 43 9.6 -20.1 284 37 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.7 0.88 13 400 7422 -24.4 -34.3 39 9.9 -26.0 282 45 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.52 14 350 8379 -32.3 -37.2 62 4.9 -32.9 279 50 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.45 15 300 9447 -41.1 -48.4 45 7.3 -41.5 275 51 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.16 16 250 10661 -49.9 -64.1 17 14.2 -50.3 277 56 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 17 200 12097 -54.0 -69.8 13 15.8 -54.3 277 54 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 13943 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 275 40 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16531 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 271 25 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.98 m Freezing level: 648.84 mb = 3716.79 m = 12194.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.00 mb = 2912.88 m = 9556.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.53 % Est. max temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.15 mb = 2524.88 m = 8283.63 ft T: 5.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 10.24 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2762.17 m = 9062.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.89 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 17.53 C K Index: 24.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8105.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.21 mb = 2600.32 m = 8531.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.8 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 319.8 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 62.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 46.12 m/s