MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208111200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 12 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 120 SFC 956 514 25.7 13.0 45 12.7 17.4 103 14 302.7 304.5 292.3 332.0 9.86 2 950 570 24.8 12.3 46 12.5 16.7 104 17 302.3 304.1 291.9 330.5 9.49 3 900 1041 20.1 11.2 57 8.8 14.5 110 22 302.2 303.9 291.7 329.9 9.34 4 850 1530 17.3 11.6 69 5.8 13.7 136 20 304.3 306.2 293.0 334.6 10.14 5 800 2049 16.9 10.5 66 6.4 12.8 163 16 309.1 311.0 294.2 339.6 10.01 6 750 2597 14.5 8.6 68 5.9 10.8 198 15 312.3 314.1 294.6 341.3 9.38 7 700 3178 11.7 6.0 68 5.7 8.2 227 22 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.7 8.40 8 650 3795 8.0 2.1 66 5.9 4.6 245 28 318.1 319.4 294.3 339.9 6.87 9 600 4450 3.2 -2.6 65 5.8 0.2 253 36 319.9 320.9 293.6 336.9 5.27 10 550 5148 -2.8 -5.2 83 2.5 -4.0 259 45 320.8 321.7 293.4 336.2 4.72 11 500 5896 -7.8 -8.8 93 1.0 -8.2 272 50 323.5 324.3 293.4 336.6 3.95 12 450 6710 -12.1 -14.5 82 2.5 -13.0 281 44 328.1 328.6 293.7 337.5 2.76 13 400 7601 -17.4 -20.2 78 2.9 -18.3 287 37 332.4 332.8 294.1 339.2 1.92 14 350 8590 -23.5 -29.1 60 5.6 -24.7 286 33 337.1 337.3 294.5 340.7 0.99 15 300 9698 -32.2 -37.3 60 5.1 -32.9 285 39 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.1 0.52 16 250 10956 -42.6 -46.5 66 3.9 -42.9 280 50 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.23 17 200 12424 -53.8 -59.0 52 5.3 -53.9 286 53 347.6 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.07 18 150 14216 -65.1 -72.4 36 7.3 -65.1 294 48 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16695 -63.2 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.4 304 15 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.50 m Freezing level: 572.93 mb = 4828.08 m = 15839.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.65 mb = 4481.79 m = 14703.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.25 mb = 2120.95 m = 6958.43 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 2.07 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.64 mb = 4029.37 m = 13219.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.51 C = 106.72 F Cap Strength: 6.97 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.97 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: 31.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6071.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.22 mb = 2175.04 m = 7135.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 278.42 m/s