MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308201200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 21 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 196 SFC 963 513 15.2 10.5 74 4.6 12.4 129 5 291.4 292.9 287.1 315.1 8.32 2 950 631 13.8 10.1 79 3.6 11.6 130 6 291.1 292.6 286.9 314.5 8.20 3 900 1085 12.4 3.1 53 9.3 7.6 134 17 294.3 295.3 285.2 309.8 5.33 4 850 1563 11.0 6.3 73 4.6 8.3 147 11 297.6 298.9 288.2 318.3 7.07 5 800 2067 8.7 7.0 89 1.6 7.7 144 9 300.4 301.8 289.9 323.7 7.89 6 750 2600 7.2 6.8 97 0.4 6.9 138 7 304.4 305.9 291.5 329.2 8.27 7 700 3167 5.6 5.4 98 0.3 5.5 197 9 308.7 310.3 292.6 333.3 8.04 8 650 3774 3.9 3.6 98 0.3 3.7 241 27 313.4 314.9 293.6 337.2 7.66 9 600 4423 0.9 -0.4 91 1.3 0.2 253 42 317.2 318.4 293.6 336.9 6.21 10 550 5117 -3.1 -3.7 95 0.6 -3.4 252 52 320.4 321.5 293.7 337.6 5.30 11 500 5866 -7.2 -8.1 93 0.9 -7.6 252 51 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.0 4.16 12 450 6681 -11.8 -13.4 88 1.6 -12.5 253 53 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.6 3.02 13 400 7574 -17.1 -18.5 89 1.4 -17.5 260 60 332.8 333.3 294.5 340.7 2.23 14 350 8562 -23.5 -27.8 68 4.3 -24.5 265 64 337.0 337.3 294.6 341.1 1.11 15 300 9675 -30.5 -36.2 57 5.7 -31.4 269 81 342.4 342.5 295.4 344.7 0.58 16 250 10945 -40.5 -45.2 61 4.6 -40.9 268 94 345.8 345.8 296.0 346.9 0.27 17 200 12419 -53.5 -58.5 54 5.0 -53.6 274 101 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14222 -60.5 -74.7 14 14.1 -60.7 271 74 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16719 -63.9 -84.8 4 20.9 -64.0 276 43 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.38 m Freezing level: 588.73 mb = 4579.29 m = 15023.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.26 mb = 4459.13 m = 14629.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.18 % Est. max temperature: 23.30 C = 73.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.63 mb = 1097.72 m = 3601.39 ft T: 12.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 5.26 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.77 mb = 4519.39 m = 14827.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.08 C = 105.95 F Cap Strength: 12.13 C Lifted Index: 13.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.44 C Showalter Index: 10.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.14 C Cross Totals Index: 13.51 C K Index: 24.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12264.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.37 mb = 1777.44 m = 5831.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.4 neg: -27.9 tot: 113.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 134.77 m/s