MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208171200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 18 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 111 SFC 955 514 26.1 13.5 46 12.6 17.8 88 6 303.2 305.1 292.7 333.7 10.25 2 950 562 25.2 12.8 46 12.4 17.2 89 7 302.8 304.6 292.3 332.0 9.82 3 900 1033 22.2 8.5 42 13.6 13.8 97 10 304.3 305.8 291.0 327.7 7.76 4 850 1527 18.8 7.2 47 11.6 11.9 121 9 305.9 307.3 291.3 328.6 7.52 5 800 2044 16.1 2.7 41 13.4 8.6 175 14 308.3 309.4 290.6 326.3 5.83 6 750 2589 12.7 2.0 48 10.7 6.7 225 19 310.3 311.5 291.3 328.6 5.88 7 700 3164 8.1 -1.0 52 9.1 3.3 269 27 311.4 312.4 290.9 327.3 5.07 8 650 3769 2.3 0.5 88 1.7 1.4 290 29 311.6 312.7 291.9 330.7 6.14 9 600 4411 -2.6 -3.1 97 0.5 -2.8 309 30 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.10 10 550 5095 -7.3 -9.1 87 1.8 -8.0 313 34 315.4 316.1 290.7 326.7 3.50 11 500 5830 -12.5 -17.8 64 5.3 -14.2 315 34 317.8 318.2 290.0 324.1 1.89 12 450 6628 -16.9 -24.7 51 7.8 -18.9 302 24 321.9 322.2 290.5 325.9 1.15 13 400 7502 -22.5 -34.7 32 12.2 -24.6 275 23 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.6 0.50 14 350 8465 -30.4 -34.9 65 4.5 -31.0 252 25 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.8 0.56 15 300 9542 -39.3 -42.7 70 3.4 -39.5 246 24 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 16 250 10761 -49.5 -53.3 65 3.7 -49.7 267 44 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12192 -55.8 -67.3 23 11.5 -56.0 295 36 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 14036 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 324 29 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16630 -55.8 -83.9 2 28.1 -56.3 335 18 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.61 m Freezing level: 626.44 mb = 4071.48 m = 13357.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.57 mb = 3974.40 m = 13039.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.68 mb = 2100.50 m = 6891.32 ft T: 15.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.98 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.88 mb = 3450.08 m = 11319.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.31 C = 93.75 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.09 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.31 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 326.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.98 mb = 2611.76 m = 8568.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.98 mb = 4637.06 m = 15213.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 452.98 mb = 6578.01 m = 21581.14 ft B at Equ Level: 43.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 372.98 mb = 8006.46 m = 26267.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.2 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 325.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 383.4 neg: -7.3 tot: 376.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 130.33 m/s