MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308261200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 27 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 144 SFC 958 513 22.9 10.9 47 12.0 15.4 163 10 299.6 301.2 290.2 324.8 8.56 2 950 590 21.9 10.3 47 11.7 14.7 165 13 299.5 301.0 289.9 323.8 8.28 3 900 1055 17.3 9.1 58 8.3 12.3 169 15 299.3 300.8 289.7 323.1 8.06 4 850 1540 14.4 4.7 52 9.7 9.0 195 13 301.3 302.4 288.8 320.1 6.31 5 800 2052 14.6 -0.0 37 14.6 6.9 261 14 306.7 307.6 289.2 321.4 4.78 6 750 2595 11.5 3.8 59 7.8 7.1 268 20 309.1 310.3 291.6 329.7 6.69 7 700 3168 7.7 1.6 65 6.1 4.4 264 25 311.0 312.1 291.7 330.0 6.14 8 650 3774 3.1 -2.4 67 5.5 0.3 265 28 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.0 4.93 9 600 4417 -1.6 -3.8 85 2.2 -2.7 282 25 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.5 4.81 10 550 5104 -6.8 -8.5 87 1.7 -7.5 291 28 316.0 316.7 291.1 327.8 3.65 11 500 5842 -10.6 -23.4 34 12.8 -14.2 296 35 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.2 1.16 12 450 6646 -14.9 -49.5 3 34.6 -19.5 299 38 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.09 13 400 7524 -22.0 -45.5 10 23.5 -24.9 293 41 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.16 14 350 8490 -29.6 -53.5 8 23.9 -31.5 292 44 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.07 15 300 9572 -36.8 -61.2 6 24.4 -38.0 291 49 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 16 250 10814 -43.6 -66.2 6 22.7 -44.3 289 62 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 17 200 12295 -47.0 -72.7 4 25.6 -47.7 286 70 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 14171 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 290 60 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16714 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 292 32 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.29 m Freezing level: 616.91 mb = 4199.80 m = 13778.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.77 mb = 3838.80 m = 12594.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.97 mb = 2020.96 m = 6630.38 ft T: 14.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 4.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.04 mb = 3636.16 m = 11929.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.23 C = 95.41 F Cap Strength: 7.12 C Lifted Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.07 C Showalter Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 15.28 C K Index: 23.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9107.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.20 mb = 2198.60 m = 7213.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 303.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 140.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 126.36 m/s