MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308251200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 26 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 188 SFC 963 514 22.4 11.5 50 10.8 15.5 28 7 298.7 300.3 290.2 324.7 8.89 2 950 632 20.9 10.6 52 10.4 14.6 28 9 298.4 300.0 289.7 323.2 8.45 3 900 1096 16.3 9.9 66 6.4 12.4 28 9 298.3 299.8 289.8 323.2 8.54 4 850 1579 11.5 8.9 84 2.7 10.0 29 9 298.2 299.8 289.6 322.9 8.43 5 800 2082 7.5 2.5 71 4.9 4.9 22 7 299.1 300.2 287.5 316.2 5.75 6 750 2612 5.7 -4.5 48 10.2 1.0 349 9 302.8 303.5 286.7 314.0 3.65 7 700 3174 4.6 -17.0 19 21.6 -3.0 336 13 307.6 307.8 286.1 312.3 1.45 8 650 3774 2.1 -16.3 24 18.4 -4.6 328 18 311.3 311.6 287.6 316.7 1.65 9 600 4416 -0.5 -31.3 8 30.8 -8.3 320 25 315.5 315.6 287.8 317.2 0.47 10 550 5107 -3.9 -38.8 5 34.9 -11.1 315 33 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.4 0.24 11 500 5850 -9.3 -40.9 6 31.5 -15.0 312 37 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.4 0.21 12 450 6657 -14.2 -45.8 5 31.6 -18.9 306 42 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.14 13 400 7539 -20.0 -44.1 10 24.1 -23.4 298 54 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.19 14 350 8515 -26.6 -48.6 11 22.0 -28.9 294 63 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 15 300 9612 -34.4 -56.3 9 22.0 -35.8 295 71 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 16 250 10861 -42.7 -63.2 9 20.5 -43.5 291 74 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12344 -49.1 -76.3 3 27.2 -49.7 290 68 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14188 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 289 59 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16711 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.5 295 30 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.64 m Freezing level: 610.35 mb = 4283.56 m = 14053.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.44 mb = 2749.32 m = 9019.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.93 % Est. max temperature: 22.53 C = 72.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.61 mb = 1870.64 m = 6137.21 ft T: 9.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 10.97 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.25 mb = 1976.11 m = 6483.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.58 C = 72.65 F Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lifted Index: 5.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Showalter Index: 5.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.88 C Cross Totals Index: 18.22 C K Index: 8.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8514.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.23 mb = 1904.94 m = 6249.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.6 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 355.6 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -3.6 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 42.47 m/s