MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408031200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 4 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 129 SFC 957 514 25.7 13.6 47 12.0 17.8 63 10 302.6 304.5 292.6 333.1 10.30 2 950 579 24.5 13.1 49 11.4 17.1 64 11 302.1 303.9 292.2 331.7 10.01 3 900 1049 19.8 12.2 62 7.6 15.0 64 12 301.9 303.7 292.1 331.5 9.99 4 850 1537 15.0 11.1 78 3.9 12.6 64 12 301.9 303.7 292.0 330.9 9.82 5 800 2050 16.1 -14.1 11 30.2 3.8 357 12 308.3 308.6 286.6 313.5 1.61 6 750 2596 13.6 -1.3 35 15.0 5.8 325 20 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.9 4.62 7 700 3173 9.9 1.6 56 8.4 5.3 313 24 313.5 314.6 292.4 332.7 6.13 8 650 3783 5.0 -0.6 67 5.5 2.0 310 27 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.4 5.66 9 600 4431 0.2 -7.4 56 7.6 -3.2 305 30 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.2 3.66 10 550 5122 -4.7 -16.4 39 11.8 -8.8 296 31 318.6 318.9 290.3 325.0 1.93 11 500 5864 -9.3 -28.7 19 19.4 -14.1 293 36 321.7 321.9 290.0 324.3 0.71 12 450 6671 -14.8 -29.3 28 14.5 -18.1 295 44 324.6 324.8 290.9 327.3 0.75 13 400 7550 -21.3 -31.1 41 9.8 -23.2 302 52 327.3 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.71 14 350 8518 -29.5 -36.2 52 6.7 -30.4 305 60 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.9 0.50 15 300 9599 -37.8 -42.1 64 4.3 -38.2 301 68 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.3 0.31 16 250 10830 -47.3 -50.8 67 3.5 -47.5 296 75 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12269 -54.0 -66.2 21 12.2 -54.2 300 82 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14139 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 297 57 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16709 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 302 35 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.06 m Freezing level: 597.53 mb = 4465.45 m = 14650.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.71 mb = 4027.24 m = 13212.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.30 mb = 2025.52 m = 6645.33 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 19.65 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.47 mb = 3405.90 m = 11174.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.85 C = 98.33 F Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 27.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6398.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.67 mb = 2011.07 m = 6597.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.8 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 340.8 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -18.9 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 124.50 m/s