MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2108311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2108311200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 1 SEP 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 29 1 950 484 SFC 947 514 28.7 13.5 39 15.2 18.6 147 16 306.7 308.6 293.8 337.8 10.33 3 900 961 24.4 12.3 47 12.1 16.5 151 26 306.7 308.6 293.6 337.0 10.04 4 850 1457 19.6 11.2 58 8.4 14.1 155 28 306.7 308.5 293.4 336.4 9.85 5 800 1975 14.6 10.3 75 4.3 11.9 159 28 306.7 308.6 293.4 336.5 9.88 6 750 2518 11.8 1.8 50 10.0 6.3 189 22 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.4 5.82 7 700 3092 8.6 -5.3 37 13.8 2.0 208 18 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.7 3.69 8 650 3700 5.0 -13.6 25 18.6 -2.4 243 16 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.4 2.05 9 600 4347 -0.2 -11.3 43 11.1 -4.7 262 18 315.9 316.4 290.2 324.7 2.69 10 550 5035 -6.3 -12.6 61 6.2 -8.7 268 19 316.6 317.1 290.3 325.3 2.65 11 500 5771 -12.3 -21.3 47 9.0 -14.9 263 22 318.1 318.3 289.6 322.8 1.39 12 450 6569 -16.3 -45.7 6 29.4 -20.4 279 24 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.3 0.14 13 400 7445 -22.1 -43.9 12 21.8 -24.9 282 27 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.19 14 350 8410 -30.2 -39.4 40 9.3 -31.3 280 28 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.4 0.36 15 300 9486 -39.6 -49.0 36 9.4 -40.2 278 33 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.15 16 250 10709 -47.4 -60.3 21 12.9 -47.8 283 43 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 17 200 12171 -50.1 -72.3 6 22.1 -50.6 282 72 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14016 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 283 63 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16552 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 286 32 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.48 m Freezing level: 601.58 mb = 4326.40 m = 14194.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.78 mb = 3356.73 m = 11012.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.12 mb = 2427.46 m = 7964.00 ft T: 12.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.22 mb = 3101.12 m = 10174.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.06 C = 93.30 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Showalter Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 29.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 725.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.36 mb = 2480.54 m = 8138.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.36 mb = 4235.14 m = 13894.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.36 mb = 10752.04 m = 35275.31 ft B at Equ Level: 723.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.36 mb = 12905.53 m = 42340.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 140.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 9.68 Bulk Shear: 74.95 m/s