MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208221200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 23 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 86 SFC 953 514 31.4 15.9 39 15.5 20.7 120 9 308.8 311.0 295.6 345.2 11.99 2 950 544 31.1 15.2 38 15.8 20.2 121 10 308.7 310.9 295.2 343.7 11.53 3 900 1025 26.5 14.0 46 12.4 18.1 128 12 308.8 310.9 295.0 343.0 11.26 4 850 1525 21.6 13.1 58 8.5 16.0 138 12 308.8 310.9 295.0 342.9 11.23 5 800 2047 16.7 12.0 74 4.7 13.7 158 11 309.0 311.1 295.0 342.8 11.12 6 750 2593 12.6 6.2 65 6.3 8.8 242 7 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.7 7.96 7 700 3168 8.1 0.8 60 7.3 4.1 298 12 311.4 312.5 291.6 329.5 5.80 8 650 3774 3.2 -0.0 80 3.2 1.5 304 15 312.6 313.7 292.0 331.0 5.89 9 600 4419 -0.8 -4.7 75 3.9 -2.7 317 13 315.1 316.0 291.6 329.4 4.48 10 550 5108 -4.9 -12.2 57 7.3 -7.8 325 14 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.3 2.73 11 500 5851 -9.2 -16.2 57 7.0 -11.6 311 17 321.8 322.3 291.5 329.1 2.16 12 450 6659 -14.4 -21.0 57 6.7 -16.3 304 16 325.2 325.5 291.9 330.7 1.59 13 400 7540 -20.7 -33.0 32 12.3 -23.0 303 16 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.3 0.59 14 350 8512 -27.9 -32.8 63 4.9 -28.7 307 20 331.1 331.2 292.7 333.6 0.69 15 300 9601 -36.4 -43.3 49 6.9 -37.0 307 20 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.2 0.28 16 250 10836 -47.2 -52.0 58 4.8 -47.4 295 24 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.13 17 200 12271 -59.0 -63.0 60 4.0 -59.1 295 28 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.4 0.04 18 150 14074 -57.8 -78.6 5 20.8 -58.0 311 21 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16625 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 320 16 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.02 m Freezing level: 610.52 mb = 4283.10 m = 14051.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.40 mb = 3995.24 m = 13107.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.94 mb = 2470.84 m = 8106.32 ft T: 13.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.66 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.03 mb = 2795.28 m = 9170.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1337.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.74 mb = 2573.76 m = 8443.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.74 mb = 3088.02 m = 10131.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.74 mb = 12701.07 m = 41669.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1304.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.74 mb = 15134.11 m = 49651.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 112.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 17.30 Bulk Shear: 77.31 m/s