MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 2 AUG 24 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 117 SFC 957 514 32.9 11.2 26 21.8 18.7 339 11 310.0 311.6 293.5 336.8 8.74 2 950 578 32.1 10.1 26 22.0 17.9 339 13 309.8 311.3 293.0 334.9 8.20 3 900 1059 27.3 9.1 32 18.2 15.8 338 15 309.6 311.2 292.9 334.4 8.06 4 850 1560 22.4 8.0 40 14.4 13.5 337 15 309.6 311.1 292.8 334.0 7.94 5 800 2082 17.3 7.0 51 10.3 11.0 336 15 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.8 7.87 6 750 2628 12.1 6.0 67 6.0 8.5 335 15 309.7 311.1 292.7 333.8 7.86 7 700 3201 8.4 -5.3 37 13.7 1.8 313 20 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.4 3.67 8 650 3810 5.9 -14.9 21 20.8 -2.2 302 23 315.7 316.0 289.3 321.8 1.85 9 600 4462 3.6 -30.3 6 33.8 -5.9 312 26 320.2 320.3 289.4 322.1 0.51 10 550 5161 -0.7 -28.6 10 27.9 -8.5 314 27 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.66 11 500 5914 -5.9 -34.9 8 29.1 -12.5 317 29 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.3 0.39 12 450 6729 -11.9 -44.0 5 32.2 -17.3 315 32 328.3 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.17 13 400 7617 -18.8 -46.2 7 27.4 -22.5 312 33 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.15 14 350 8597 -26.2 -44.9 16 18.7 -28.4 313 39 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.20 15 300 9691 -35.6 -45.9 34 10.3 -36.5 305 41 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.21 16 250 10931 -45.9 -55.8 32 9.9 -46.3 297 42 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.08 17 200 12382 -55.3 -64.7 30 9.4 -55.5 301 51 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14201 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 305 47 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16744 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 294 26 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.51 m Freezing level: 558.20 mb = 5046.48 m = 16556.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.29 mb = 3472.24 m = 11391.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.78 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.66 mb = 3228.80 m = 10593.06 ft T: 8.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 11.97 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.73 mb = 4532.68 m = 14870.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.38 C = 110.08 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 13.88 C K Index: 22.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4979.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.96 mb = 3331.91 m = 10931.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.8 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 348.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 12.58 m/s