MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308051200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 6 AUG 23 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 118 SFC 956 514 28.3 8.7 29 19.6 16.2 356 11 305.4 306.8 291.1 327.8 7.41 2 950 570 27.5 7.9 29 19.6 15.5 356 12 305.1 306.4 290.7 326.4 7.04 3 900 1044 22.7 6.9 36 15.8 13.3 355 14 304.9 306.2 290.5 325.9 6.94 4 850 1537 18.0 5.9 45 12.0 10.9 355 14 305.0 306.2 290.5 325.7 6.87 5 800 2051 12.9 4.9 58 8.1 8.3 354 14 304.9 306.2 290.4 325.4 6.78 6 750 2588 8.4 -0.9 52 9.3 3.7 336 12 305.7 306.5 288.8 320.3 4.78 7 700 3154 4.7 -2.3 60 7.0 1.3 337 11 307.7 308.5 289.3 321.9 4.61 8 650 3754 0.5 -8.7 50 9.2 -3.4 338 7 309.5 310.1 288.5 319.2 3.04 9 600 4391 -3.9 -9.7 64 5.8 -6.2 351 6 311.7 312.2 289.2 321.4 3.06 10 550 5073 -6.7 -19.4 36 12.7 -10.7 351 8 316.1 316.4 289.1 321.2 1.50 11 500 5812 -10.3 -26.2 26 15.9 -14.5 329 13 320.5 320.6 289.9 323.6 0.90 12 450 6617 -14.6 -28.9 29 14.3 -18.0 306 20 324.9 325.0 291.0 327.7 0.78 13 400 7497 -21.0 -33.4 32 12.4 -23.3 286 20 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.8 0.57 14 350 8467 -28.2 -38.2 38 10.0 -29.6 276 23 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.2 0.40 15 300 9556 -36.2 -44.2 43 8.0 -37.0 263 33 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.3 0.25 16 250 10794 -46.1 -50.3 62 4.2 -46.3 244 43 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 17 200 12244 -50.4 -68.4 10 18.0 -50.8 242 43 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14132 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 271 18 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 19 100 16729 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 261 13 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.78 m Freezing level: 644.22 mb = 3827.33 m = 12556.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.50 mb = 3311.95 m = 10865.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.22 mb = 2955.01 m = 9694.81 ft T: 5.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.45 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.93 mb = 3413.50 m = 11199.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 16.23 C K Index: 27.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8626.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.67 mb = 3018.76 m = 9903.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.3 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 11.3 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -43.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -11.4 tot: -9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 1.49 m/s