MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208151200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 16 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 85 SFC 953 514 30.4 18.4 49 11.9 21.9 318 9 307.7 310.4 296.7 350.4 14.14 2 950 542 29.8 18.0 49 11.8 21.5 318 10 307.4 310.0 296.4 349.0 13.77 3 900 1021 25.1 16.9 61 8.2 19.4 317 11 307.4 309.9 296.3 348.4 13.61 4 850 1520 20.1 15.8 76 4.3 17.2 315 10 307.2 309.7 296.1 347.6 13.41 5 800 2040 15.4 12.7 84 2.8 13.6 307 10 307.6 309.8 295.0 342.7 11.61 6 750 2584 11.4 4.0 60 7.4 7.2 286 12 309.0 310.3 291.7 329.9 6.82 7 700 3157 9.2 -19.9 11 29.1 -1.1 262 15 312.7 312.9 287.6 316.5 1.13 8 650 3765 5.0 -20.3 14 25.3 -3.7 260 21 314.6 314.8 288.3 318.6 1.17 9 600 4411 -0.7 -10.4 48 9.7 -4.7 257 21 315.3 315.9 290.2 324.7 2.89 10 550 5099 -6.2 -15.0 50 8.8 -9.4 264 17 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.9 2.17 11 500 5836 -11.5 -24.7 32 13.3 -15.0 290 13 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.6 1.03 12 450 6634 -18.1 -31.1 31 13.0 -20.7 300 13 320.5 320.7 289.6 322.8 0.63 13 400 7501 -24.3 -45.6 12 21.3 -26.7 284 23 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.16 14 350 8460 -31.4 -49.7 15 18.3 -32.9 275 32 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.12 15 300 9532 -39.4 -54.6 18 15.2 -40.2 283 30 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 16 250 10758 -46.5 -61.9 16 15.4 -47.0 291 30 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.04 17 200 12228 -49.5 -71.7 6 22.3 -50.0 282 39 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14096 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 286 29 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16648 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 262 6 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.73 m Freezing level: 605.90 mb = 4334.79 m = 14221.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.62 mb = 3078.74 m = 10100.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.77 mb = 2020.65 m = 6629.36 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 33.93 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2101.57 m = 6894.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -7.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.59 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 18.32 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2537.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.12 mb = 2048.91 m = 6722.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.12 mb = 2208.61 m = 7245.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.12 mb = 11778.68 m = 38643.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2524.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.12 mb = 15817.03 m = 51892.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -2.8 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 219.03 Bulk Shear: 11.58 m/s