MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208231200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 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 78 SFC 952 514 30.2 16.9 45 13.3 20.9 337 2 307.6 310.0 295.8 346.4 12.84 2 950 534 30.6 14.2 37 16.4 19.5 319 3 308.2 310.2 294.5 340.8 10.74 3 900 1015 26.3 11.9 41 14.5 16.9 304 4 308.7 310.5 293.9 338.3 9.75 4 850 1514 21.4 10.9 51 10.5 14.7 298 5 308.6 310.4 293.9 338.1 9.71 5 800 2035 16.4 9.8 65 6.6 12.2 295 5 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.7 9.56 6 750 2580 11.0 8.7 85 2.4 9.6 293 6 308.6 310.3 293.6 337.2 9.43 7 700 3152 6.3 4.0 85 2.4 5.0 299 14 309.5 310.9 292.2 331.8 7.28 8 650 3756 2.4 -0.4 81 2.8 1.0 298 19 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.5 5.71 9 600 4398 -1.9 -3.9 86 2.0 -2.9 299 23 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.1 4.79 10 550 5085 -5.9 -8.0 86 2.0 -6.8 297 25 317.0 317.8 291.5 329.4 3.82 11 500 5827 -9.5 -14.5 67 5.0 -11.3 293 25 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.8 2.49 12 450 6633 -15.2 -27.2 35 12.0 -18.1 299 23 324.1 324.3 290.9 327.3 0.91 13 400 7510 -21.6 -31.9 39 10.3 -23.5 313 25 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.4 0.66 14 350 8480 -28.3 -36.2 47 7.9 -29.5 315 29 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.5 0.50 15 300 9567 -37.0 -45.3 42 8.3 -37.7 314 31 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.22 16 250 10798 -47.8 -53.7 51 5.9 -48.1 288 40 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.10 17 200 12230 -58.4 -65.9 38 7.5 -58.6 295 32 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 14048 -56.4 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 269 18 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16606 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 302 16 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.66 m Freezing level: 621.68 mb = 4119.71 m = 13515.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.43 mb = 3912.46 m = 12835.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.29 mb = 2192.10 m = 7191.84 ft T: 14.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 17.27 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.39 mb = 2810.91 m = 9222.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.50 C = 88.69 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 39.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 808.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.78 mb = 2761.26 m = 9059.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.78 mb = 2932.33 m = 9620.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.78 mb = 11954.40 m = 39220.00 ft B at Equ Level: 803.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.78 mb = 14099.31 m = 46257.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.2 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 327.2 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 43.82 Bulk Shear: 18.46 m/s