MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208161200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208161200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 17 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 121 SFC 957 514 27.9 15.4 47 12.4 19.4 18 4 304.9 307.0 294.2 339.6 11.60 2 950 575 26.9 14.9 48 12.0 18.8 15 4 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.1 11.27 3 900 1049 22.2 13.7 59 8.5 16.6 7 5 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.4 11.04 4 850 1542 17.5 12.0 70 5.6 14.0 349 5 304.5 306.5 293.2 335.7 10.42 5 800 2058 15.3 2.9 43 12.4 8.4 341 14 307.5 308.6 290.5 325.6 5.90 6 750 2601 11.3 1.0 49 10.3 5.7 341 20 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.8 5.47 7 700 3173 7.2 -1.3 55 8.4 2.8 337 27 310.4 311.4 290.6 326.0 4.98 8 650 3777 2.4 -4.7 60 7.1 -1.0 330 26 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.8 4.16 9 600 4419 -2.3 -9.4 58 7.1 -5.3 332 23 313.4 314.0 289.8 323.5 3.12 10 550 5103 -6.6 -14.3 54 7.7 -9.4 341 19 316.2 316.7 289.9 323.8 2.29 11 500 5841 -10.9 -24.2 33 13.3 -14.5 327 21 319.7 319.9 289.8 323.5 1.08 12 450 6643 -15.6 -36.2 15 20.6 -19.4 324 28 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.39 13 400 7519 -22.2 -36.8 25 14.5 -24.6 327 35 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.41 14 350 8484 -30.2 -42.3 30 12.0 -31.6 332 37 328.0 328.0 291.4 329.0 0.26 15 300 9561 -39.0 -52.5 23 13.6 -39.8 340 49 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 16 250 10782 -49.4 -57.9 36 8.5 -49.7 341 55 332.5 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.06 17 200 12218 -54.9 -67.7 19 12.9 -55.1 327 42 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14068 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 296 34 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16639 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 302 19 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.85 m Freezing level: 624.57 mb = 4103.68 m = 13463.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.82 mb = 3618.19 m = 11870.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.89 mb = 2080.62 m = 6826.11 ft T: 15.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 13.94 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2674.96 m = 8776.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 32.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 860.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.79 mb = 2134.50 m = 7002.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.79 mb = 3316.58 m = 10881.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.79 mb = 11380.67 m = 37337.70 ft B at Equ Level: 850.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.79 mb = 13742.09 m = 45085.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.2 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 5.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -8.1 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 29.40 Bulk Shear: 29.27 m/s