MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208181200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 19 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 112 SFC 955 514 24.0 13.0 50 11.0 16.9 357 12 301.1 302.9 291.7 330.2 9.89 2 950 559 23.4 12.0 48 11.5 16.1 357 14 301.0 302.7 291.3 328.4 9.29 3 900 1028 18.9 10.7 59 8.2 13.8 357 18 301.0 302.6 291.0 327.6 9.01 4 850 1515 14.1 9.6 74 4.5 11.4 357 19 300.9 302.6 290.9 327.1 8.86 5 800 2023 9.2 8.3 94 1.0 8.7 357 20 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.5 8.61 6 750 2555 6.0 3.6 84 2.4 4.7 8 22 303.1 304.4 289.7 323.0 6.62 7 700 3117 2.7 0.2 84 2.5 1.4 3 22 305.5 306.5 289.5 322.4 5.55 8 650 3713 -0.9 -4.1 79 3.2 -2.4 356 23 307.9 308.7 289.2 321.4 4.33 9 600 4348 -4.3 -8.3 74 4.0 -6.0 352 27 311.2 311.8 289.3 322.0 3.42 10 550 5029 -7.9 -25.7 22 17.8 -12.5 353 27 314.7 314.9 288.0 317.7 0.86 11 500 5762 -12.5 -35.8 12 23.2 -16.9 350 28 317.7 317.8 288.4 319.0 0.36 12 450 6557 -18.5 -40.4 13 21.9 -21.7 345 32 320.0 320.0 289.0 320.9 0.25 13 400 7423 -25.0 -48.1 10 23.1 -27.3 340 40 322.5 322.5 289.6 323.0 0.12 14 350 8377 -32.8 -49.9 17 17.0 -34.1 336 47 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.11 15 300 9443 -40.8 -55.8 18 15.0 -41.5 336 51 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 16 250 10665 -46.0 -65.1 10 19.1 -46.5 333 54 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.02 17 200 12138 -49.1 -72.8 5 23.6 -49.7 333 54 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14021 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 337 42 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16617 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 337 26 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.66 m Freezing level: 662.95 mb = 3558.75 m = 11675.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.56 mb = 3331.75 m = 10930.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.24 % Est. max temperature: 23.92 C = 75.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.33 mb = 1894.44 m = 6215.26 ft T: 10.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.31 mb = 2071.07 m = 6794.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.11 C = 75.41 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 33.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.96 mb = 2043.71 m = 6705.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.96 mb = 2200.23 m = 7218.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.96 mb = 8933.27 m = 29308.28 ft B at Equ Level: 142.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.96 mb = 10326.73 m = 33879.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.2 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 25.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 17.85 Bulk Shear: 8.09 m/s