MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208191200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208191200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 20 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 126 SFC 957 514 24.5 14.8 55 9.7 18.1 36 9 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.3 11.13 2 950 574 23.7 14.2 55 9.6 17.4 36 10 301.3 303.2 292.5 332.9 10.75 3 900 1043 19.0 13.0 68 6.0 15.1 36 11 301.1 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.51 4 850 1531 14.3 12.1 87 2.1 12.9 36 12 301.1 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.51 5 800 2040 10.7 8.3 85 2.5 9.3 49 13 302.6 304.2 291.2 328.2 8.60 6 750 2575 7.7 4.9 83 2.8 6.1 44 13 304.9 306.2 290.8 326.8 7.25 7 700 3141 4.2 0.4 76 3.8 2.2 43 13 307.2 308.2 290.1 324.5 5.64 8 650 3741 1.8 -4.4 63 6.2 -1.1 41 13 311.0 311.9 290.1 324.4 4.25 9 600 4383 -1.1 -11.9 44 10.8 -5.4 38 15 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.2 2.56 10 550 5071 -5.1 -23.7 22 18.6 -10.5 41 18 318.0 318.2 289.2 321.5 1.03 11 500 5812 -9.9 -36.4 10 26.4 -15.2 42 20 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.2 0.34 12 450 6616 -15.5 -43.6 7 28.2 -19.7 44 25 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.18 13 400 7493 -21.7 -55.0 3 33.3 -24.9 39 31 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.05 14 350 8459 -29.8 -46.5 18 16.7 -31.4 26 31 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.17 15 300 9538 -38.3 -49.6 29 11.4 -39.0 16 34 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.14 16 250 10766 -48.0 -57.3 33 9.3 -48.3 12 31 334.7 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.07 17 200 12206 -55.9 -67.8 21 11.9 -56.1 8 36 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 14045 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 3 37 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16618 -57.8 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 358 19 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.16 m Freezing level: 618.76 mb = 4142.28 m = 13590.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.37 mb = 3539.37 m = 11611.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.59 % Est. max temperature: 25.43 C = 77.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.22 mb = 1738.46 m = 5703.54 ft T: 12.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 12.78 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.23 mb = 1922.65 m = 6307.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.07 mb = 1790.74 m = 5875.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.07 mb = 2259.71 m = 7413.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 629.07 mb = 4003.55 m = 13134.86 ft B at Equ Level: 28.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.07 mb = 9788.33 m = 32113.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.4 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 71.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.94 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s