MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308271200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 28 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 94 SFC 954 514 28.3 12.9 39 15.4 18.2 335 9 305.5 307.3 293.1 335.0 9.83 2 950 549 27.9 12.3 38 15.6 17.7 335 10 305.5 307.2 292.8 334.0 9.48 3 900 1024 23.3 10.9 46 12.4 15.4 334 13 305.5 307.2 292.5 332.9 9.12 4 850 1518 18.5 10.1 58 8.4 13.2 333 14 305.5 307.2 292.6 333.1 9.17 5 800 2034 13.4 9.1 75 4.3 10.7 332 14 305.5 307.1 292.5 332.8 9.11 6 750 2573 9.2 1.4 58 7.7 5.0 323 17 306.5 307.6 289.9 323.8 5.66 7 700 3141 6.1 -6.5 40 12.6 0.4 321 18 309.3 309.9 288.7 319.9 3.36 8 650 3744 3.3 -19.0 18 22.2 -4.4 322 18 312.7 312.9 287.8 317.0 1.31 9 600 4389 0.0 -29.1 9 29.1 -7.8 326 21 316.1 316.2 288.1 318.2 0.58 10 550 5079 -4.2 -33.7 8 29.4 -11.1 325 22 319.1 319.1 288.9 320.5 0.40 11 500 5822 -9.3 -30.9 15 21.6 -14.4 323 21 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.58 12 450 6627 -15.3 -33.9 19 18.7 -19.0 326 21 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.8 0.48 13 400 7504 -21.9 -40.6 17 18.7 -24.6 330 22 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.28 14 350 8470 -29.9 -45.3 21 15.4 -31.4 334 22 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.19 15 300 9548 -39.2 -47.4 41 8.2 -39.7 336 21 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.18 16 250 10770 -48.0 -58.3 30 10.3 -48.3 324 28 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12229 -49.8 -74.8 4 25.0 -50.3 306 45 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14097 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 299 52 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16663 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 304 39 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.22 m Freezing level: 599.80 mb = 4391.41 m = 14407.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.09 mb = 3186.90 m = 10455.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.92 mb = 2441.25 m = 8009.26 ft T: 10.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.07 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.69 mb = 2799.13 m = 9183.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: 25.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.86 mb = 2552.23 m = 8373.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 466.86 mb = 6345.72 m = 20819.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.86 mb = 10085.55 m = 33088.67 ft B at Equ Level: 97.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.86 mb = 11404.68 m = 37416.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.7 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 355.7 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.29 Bulk Shear: 6.06 m/s