MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2209011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2209011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 2 SEP 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 -2 1 950 461 SFC 944 514 33.2 9.9 24 23.4 18.2 280 5 311.4 313.0 293.4 336.5 8.12 3 900 946 30.2 6.0 22 24.2 15.4 284 12 312.6 313.9 292.5 333.0 6.54 4 850 1451 25.4 4.9 27 20.5 13.1 286 13 312.7 313.9 292.4 332.7 6.40 5 800 1978 20.8 0.0 25 20.8 9.3 308 18 313.4 314.3 291.3 328.5 4.79 6 750 2531 16.1 -2.1 29 18.2 6.5 308 22 314.0 314.9 291.1 327.9 4.36 7 700 3111 11.0 -5.1 32 16.1 3.1 307 23 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.7 3.74 8 650 3722 5.6 -5.6 44 11.2 0.2 309 23 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.7 3.86 9 600 4370 0.2 -7.9 55 8.1 -3.4 305 25 316.3 317.0 291.0 327.7 3.52 10 550 5061 -4.8 -10.8 63 6.0 -7.2 295 27 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.4 3.05 11 500 5803 -10.4 -17.0 58 6.6 -12.6 289 29 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.2 2.02 12 450 6605 -16.3 -23.6 53 7.4 -18.2 286 30 322.8 323.0 290.9 327.2 1.26 13 400 7479 -22.5 -27.6 63 5.1 -23.7 283 28 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.2 0.99 14 350 8444 -29.8 -33.2 72 3.4 -30.4 285 27 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.0 0.67 15 300 9523 -38.8 -44.9 52 6.1 -39.3 294 29 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.5 0.23 16 250 10748 -47.1 -60.2 21 13.2 -47.5 317 27 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 17 200 12206 -51.0 -70.7 8 19.7 -51.4 304 34 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14066 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 294 40 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16607 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 294 25 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.04 m Freezing level: 598.47 mb = 4391.43 m = 14407.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.31 mb = 3756.08 m = 12322.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.09 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.91 mb = 3436.50 m = 11274.45 ft T: 8.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 9.84 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.30 mb = 4259.12 m = 13973.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.85 C = 100.13 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.71 C Cross Totals Index: 15.25 C K Index: 24.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 639.73 mb = 3851.34 m = 12635.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 534.73 mb = 5279.78 m = 17321.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.73 mb = 9873.72 m = 32393.72 ft B at Equ Level: 195.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.73 mb = 11444.08 m = 37545.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.4 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 328.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.77 Bulk Shear: 25.25 m/s