MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208021200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 3 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 -21 1 950 435 SFC 942 514 30.4 15.2 40 15.2 19.9 310 14 308.8 311.0 295.3 344.0 11.58 3 900 916 26.8 12.7 42 14.1 17.4 305 24 309.1 311.1 294.4 340.5 10.31 4 850 1417 22.2 11.0 49 11.2 15.0 292 28 309.4 311.3 294.1 339.2 9.77 5 800 1940 17.9 6.5 47 11.4 11.0 280 33 310.2 311.7 292.7 333.6 7.59 6 750 2487 13.4 -0.9 37 14.3 5.9 275 40 311.1 312.0 290.6 326.1 4.78 7 700 3062 8.6 -5.4 36 14.0 1.9 272 44 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.6 3.65 8 650 3670 4.0 -5.1 51 9.1 -0.3 270 53 313.5 314.3 290.6 326.3 4.02 9 600 4314 -1.5 -8.7 58 7.1 -4.6 266 54 314.3 315.0 290.3 325.0 3.31 10 550 5000 -5.0 -40.0 4 35.0 -11.9 266 54 318.2 318.2 288.4 318.9 0.21 11 500 5743 -8.9 -44.0 4 35.1 -14.9 272 57 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.7 0.15 12 450 6551 -13.9 -33.5 18 19.5 -18.0 272 61 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.6 0.50 13 400 7432 -20.7 -34.9 27 14.2 -23.2 273 65 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.49 14 350 8403 -28.5 -47.3 15 18.8 -30.4 273 70 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.15 15 300 9488 -36.6 -51.4 20 14.9 -37.6 267 82 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 16 250 10730 -45.1 -48.9 65 3.8 -45.3 257 98 339.0 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.18 17 200 12179 -55.2 -68.2 18 13.1 -55.4 263 102 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14006 -56.8 -80.5 4 23.6 -57.1 276 73 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16568 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 276 28 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.64 m Freezing level: 613.79 mb = 4135.87 m = 13568.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.45 mb = 3576.08 m = 11732.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.72 mb = 2433.72 m = 7984.56 ft T: 13.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 20.36 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.98 mb = 3002.83 m = 9851.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.16 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 28.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 744.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.70 mb = 2681.40 m = 8797.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.70 mb = 3449.22 m = 11316.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.70 mb = 11057.32 m = 36276.85 ft B at Equ Level: 739.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.70 mb = 13688.40 m = 44908.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 90.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 6.10 Bulk Shear: 122.18 m/s