MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208201200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 21 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 119 SFC 956 514 26.5 14.0 46 12.5 18.2 143 5 303.5 305.5 293.1 335.1 10.59 2 950 571 25.8 13.3 46 12.5 17.6 145 6 303.4 305.2 292.7 333.5 10.13 3 900 1043 21.1 12.3 57 8.8 15.4 154 6 303.2 305.1 292.6 333.1 10.05 4 850 1534 16.3 11.4 72 5.0 13.1 167 7 303.3 305.1 292.5 332.9 9.98 5 800 2046 11.8 8.5 80 3.3 9.8 214 8 303.7 305.4 291.7 329.9 8.76 6 750 2584 9.7 -2.3 43 12.0 3.7 263 12 307.1 307.9 288.9 320.4 4.31 7 700 3153 7.1 -18.1 15 25.3 -1.9 263 11 310.4 310.6 287.0 314.7 1.31 8 650 3759 5.3 -34.4 4 39.8 -4.8 274 9 315.0 315.1 287.5 316.2 0.32 9 600 4408 1.7 -34.0 5 35.7 -7.2 303 7 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.4 0.36 10 550 5102 -3.4 -29.7 11 26.3 -10.2 313 9 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.1 0.59 11 500 5846 -9.1 -35.2 10 26.1 -14.6 321 11 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.38 12 450 6652 -14.7 -30.3 25 15.6 -18.1 349 17 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.3 0.68 13 400 7531 -21.7 -32.3 38 10.6 -23.7 355 22 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.63 14 350 8498 -29.1 -47.0 16 18.0 -30.9 358 23 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 15 300 9581 -37.4 -54.8 15 17.4 -38.4 5 28 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 16 250 10814 -47.2 -57.1 31 10.0 -47.5 6 30 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.07 17 200 12262 -53.8 -67.4 17 13.6 -54.1 350 23 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14097 -56.7 -80.3 4 23.7 -56.9 331 21 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16651 -59.0 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 305 12 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.23 m Freezing level: 583.42 mb = 4638.06 m = 15216.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.66 mb = 2959.01 m = 9707.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.43 mb = 2083.43 m = 6835.31 ft T: 11.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 20.34 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2601.14 m = 8533.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 11.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 160.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 278.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.59 mb = 2144.79 m = 7036.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 425.59 mb = 7068.21 m = 23189.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 335.59 mb = 8793.88 m = 28850.96 ft B at Equ Level: 13.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.59 mb = 9451.72 m = 31009.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.3 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 313.3 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 50.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 26.60 m/s