MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207311200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 1 AUG 22 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 100 SFC 954 514 24.4 15.3 57 9.1 18.3 327 9 301.6 303.7 293.2 335.6 11.54 2 950 548 23.6 14.9 58 8.6 17.8 326 9 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.3 11.29 3 900 1017 18.9 13.4 70 5.5 15.3 325 11 301.0 303.0 292.4 332.8 10.80 4 850 1505 14.2 12.0 87 2.2 12.9 323 12 301.0 302.9 292.2 331.8 10.45 5 800 2014 11.4 3.6 59 7.7 7.1 320 19 303.3 304.4 289.3 322.0 6.21 6 750 2552 11.3 -6.6 28 17.9 3.0 328 29 308.8 309.4 288.3 318.6 3.11 7 700 3124 7.7 -5.0 40 12.7 1.6 329 31 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.9 3.76 8 650 3730 3.8 -7.5 43 11.3 -1.3 325 35 313.3 313.9 290.0 324.0 3.35 9 600 4375 -0.7 -10.0 49 9.3 -4.7 318 35 315.3 315.9 290.2 324.9 2.97 10 550 5064 -5.2 -15.9 43 10.7 -9.1 311 34 317.9 318.2 290.2 324.6 2.01 11 500 5805 -9.9 -20.0 44 10.0 -13.0 309 34 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.3 1.57 12 450 6610 -14.9 -27.4 34 12.5 -18.0 304 35 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.6 0.89 13 400 7489 -21.1 -36.8 23 15.7 -23.7 301 34 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.41 14 350 8459 -28.9 -45.2 19 16.3 -30.6 301 35 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.19 15 300 9541 -38.0 -46.9 39 8.9 -38.7 300 40 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.19 16 250 10769 -47.0 -56.5 33 9.4 -47.4 304 43 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 17 200 12233 -49.6 -69.8 8 20.2 -50.1 299 52 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 18 150 14101 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 294 51 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16674 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 290 32 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.89 m Freezing level: 607.93 mb = 4273.12 m = 14019.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.10 mb = 3456.94 m = 11341.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.73 mb = 1656.88 m = 5435.90 ft T: 13.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.99 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.59 mb = 1924.16 m = 6312.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 23.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.17 mb = 1702.96 m = 5587.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 545.17 mb = 5132.45 m = 16838.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.17 mb = 6356.60 m = 20854.74 ft B at Equ Level: 3.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 425.17 mb = 7033.66 m = 23076.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.2 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 348.2 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 57.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 41.57 m/s