MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308281200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 29 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 116 SFC 956 514 27.3 10.9 36 16.4 16.8 323 9 304.3 305.9 291.7 330.0 8.57 2 950 569 26.8 10.1 35 16.7 16.3 323 12 304.4 305.9 291.4 328.9 8.16 3 900 1042 22.1 9.0 43 13.2 14.0 321 14 304.3 305.8 291.2 328.4 8.01 4 850 1534 17.4 8.0 54 9.4 11.7 320 15 304.3 305.8 291.2 328.2 7.94 5 800 2047 12.3 7.0 70 5.4 9.2 318 16 304.3 305.7 291.1 327.9 7.86 6 750 2584 8.3 -0.7 53 9.0 3.7 323 21 305.6 306.5 288.9 320.5 4.85 7 700 3151 5.9 -6.3 41 12.1 0.3 326 23 309.0 309.6 288.6 319.7 3.41 8 650 3754 3.1 -6.8 48 10.0 -1.4 328 26 312.5 313.2 289.9 323.8 3.53 9 600 4400 0.7 -11.7 39 12.5 -4.4 331 29 317.0 317.5 290.4 325.5 2.59 10 550 5094 -2.7 -15.0 38 12.4 -7.4 334 31 320.9 321.4 291.2 328.2 2.16 11 500 5843 -6.7 -22.1 28 15.5 -11.5 343 29 324.9 325.2 291.6 329.5 1.30 12 450 6658 -12.4 -28.3 25 15.9 -16.4 352 26 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.6 0.82 13 400 7543 -19.9 -34.8 25 14.9 -22.6 2 27 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.0 0.50 14 350 8517 -27.6 -43.3 21 15.7 -29.5 359 32 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.24 15 300 9604 -37.5 -48.4 31 10.9 -38.2 0 32 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10833 -47.8 -55.5 41 7.7 -48.1 13 38 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.3 0.08 17 200 12270 -56.6 -65.3 32 8.7 -56.8 346 28 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14095 -57.6 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 315 42 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16640 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 314 34 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.52 m Freezing level: 588.97 mb = 4552.97 m = 14937.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.80 mb = 3258.59 m = 10690.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.68 mb = 2565.20 m = 8415.90 ft T: 8.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 10.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3329.98 m = 10925.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.91 C = 91.24 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: 5.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 5.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 14.64 C K Index: 19.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6942.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.37 mb = 2678.99 m = 8789.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.2 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 1.2 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 15.88 m/s