MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308091200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308091200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 10 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 59 1 950 506 SFC 949 514 22.8 8.7 41 14.1 14.3 43 8 300.4 301.7 289.5 322.4 7.44 3 900 973 18.4 6.9 47 11.5 11.7 55 11 300.4 301.7 289.0 321.0 6.94 4 850 1459 14.1 5.8 57 8.3 9.4 82 7 300.9 302.2 289.1 321.2 6.82 5 800 1968 11.8 3.8 58 8.0 7.4 258 6 303.8 304.9 289.6 322.8 6.31 6 750 2505 8.7 4.3 74 4.4 6.2 281 18 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.0 6.94 7 700 3073 4.9 2.5 84 2.4 3.6 287 27 307.9 309.1 291.2 328.0 6.55 8 650 3673 0.4 -0.5 93 0.9 -0.0 290 32 309.5 310.5 290.9 327.0 5.68 9 600 4312 -3.4 -4.5 92 1.1 -3.9 292 30 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.7 4.58 10 550 4996 -7.0 -7.4 97 0.4 -7.2 293 31 315.7 316.5 291.3 328.5 3.98 11 500 5731 -12.1 -13.4 90 1.3 -12.6 299 32 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.2 2.71 12 450 6533 -15.7 -20.6 66 4.9 -17.1 305 35 323.5 323.9 291.5 329.2 1.65 13 400 7409 -21.9 -25.7 72 3.7 -22.8 309 38 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.7 1.18 14 350 8377 -29.0 -35.3 55 6.3 -29.9 311 47 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.7 0.54 15 300 9462 -37.0 -47.5 33 10.5 -37.8 313 60 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.17 16 250 10696 -46.8 -51.5 59 4.7 -47.1 310 66 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.13 17 200 12137 -57.9 -62.4 57 4.4 -58.0 310 82 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 13947 -56.0 -79.8 4 23.8 -56.3 305 46 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16518 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 309 34 419.5 419.5 307.7 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.87 m Freezing level: 644.20 mb = 3747.38 m = 12294.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.53 mb = 3666.73 m = 12029.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.47 mb = 2281.44 m = 7484.94 ft T: 9.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 1.38 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.32 mb = 3327.89 m = 10918.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 17.89 C K Index: 29.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7992.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.00 mb = 2406.22 m = 7894.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.7 neg: -10.3 tot: 205.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 109.60 m/s