MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308291200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308291200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 30 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 134 SFC 958 514 26.9 10.9 37 16.0 16.8 73 6 303.8 305.4 291.5 329.4 8.56 2 950 586 26.0 10.1 37 15.9 16.1 73 7 303.6 305.1 291.2 328.2 8.20 3 900 1058 21.5 9.1 45 12.4 13.8 71 7 303.7 305.2 291.1 327.9 8.08 4 850 1549 16.6 8.0 57 8.6 11.4 70 6 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.4 7.95 5 800 2062 13.9 -4.8 27 18.7 4.9 37 11 305.9 306.6 287.5 316.3 3.33 6 750 2603 11.8 -4.7 31 16.5 3.8 26 12 309.4 310.1 289.0 320.7 3.60 7 700 3177 9.5 -5.2 35 14.7 2.4 19 12 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.8 3.70 8 650 3789 6.7 -9.6 30 16.2 -0.6 6 10 316.5 317.0 290.5 325.8 2.85 9 600 4441 2.7 -11.2 35 13.8 -3.3 1 9 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.2 2.71 10 550 5138 -2.3 -15.8 35 13.5 -7.3 341 9 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.3 2.03 11 500 5886 -8.1 -20.3 37 12.1 -12.1 324 10 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.4 1.52 12 450 6694 -14.2 -26.9 33 12.7 -17.4 312 14 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.7 0.94 13 400 7575 -21.0 -35.7 25 14.8 -23.5 299 17 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.4 0.45 14 350 8546 -28.0 -45.7 17 17.6 -29.9 287 15 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.18 15 300 9633 -36.7 -52.5 18 15.8 -37.8 274 17 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 16 250 10866 -47.4 -59.4 24 11.9 -47.9 259 14 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.05 17 200 12310 -53.7 -70.0 12 16.3 -54.0 278 21 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14141 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 314 40 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16659 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 317 24 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.17 m Freezing level: 572.96 mb = 4817.80 m = 15806.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.66 mb = 3667.00 m = 12030.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.20 mb = 2523.28 m = 8278.37 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 13.09 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.45 mb = 4300.28 m = 14108.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.56 C = 106.81 F Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lifted Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.99 C Showalter Index: 4.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 16.18 C K Index: 18.08 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6438.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.61 mb = 2607.66 m = 8555.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.7 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 38.7 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -12.0 tot: -11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 10.67 m/s