MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408051200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 6 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 183 SFC 962 514 18.9 11.4 62 7.5 14.3 140 3 295.3 296.8 288.9 320.7 8.81 2 950 622 17.1 10.7 66 6.4 13.3 141 3 294.6 296.1 288.5 319.2 8.55 3 900 1079 12.5 9.6 83 2.9 10.8 134 3 294.4 295.9 288.3 318.5 8.39 4 850 1557 9.9 3.3 64 6.6 6.4 110 14 296.5 297.5 286.5 313.3 5.72 5 800 2058 8.0 -3.0 46 11.0 2.8 115 15 299.6 300.3 285.7 311.2 3.83 6 750 2589 5.9 4.5 90 1.5 5.1 86 3 303.0 304.3 290.0 324.1 7.05 7 700 3152 4.2 -1.2 68 5.4 1.5 329 14 307.1 308.1 289.5 322.5 5.00 8 650 3753 1.7 -5.1 61 6.8 -1.4 319 19 310.9 311.7 289.9 323.6 4.03 9 600 4394 -2.4 -3.6 91 1.2 -3.0 318 20 313.4 314.3 291.4 328.8 4.89 10 550 5080 -5.6 -8.2 82 2.6 -6.8 310 20 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.6 3.74 11 500 5823 -9.4 -13.8 70 4.4 -11.0 304 26 321.6 322.1 291.8 330.4 2.64 12 450 6629 -15.0 -20.2 64 5.3 -16.6 296 30 324.4 324.8 291.8 330.3 1.70 13 400 7507 -22.0 -29.5 51 7.5 -23.5 294 33 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.4 0.83 14 350 8476 -28.4 -44.8 19 16.5 -30.2 292 42 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.20 15 300 9567 -34.5 -60.2 6 25.7 -36.0 291 60 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.04 16 250 10823 -39.9 -67.1 4 27.2 -40.9 290 73 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 17 200 12324 -47.8 -75.3 3 27.4 -48.4 284 69 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14180 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 281 59 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16730 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 275 28 411.9 411.9 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.27 m Freezing level: 628.78 mb = 4024.60 m = 13203.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.66 mb = 3450.77 m = 11321.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.98 % Est. max temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.59 mb = 1453.32 m = 4768.06 ft T: 10.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.53 mb = 2377.47 m = 7800.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lifted Index: 8.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.58 C Showalter Index: 10.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.25 C Cross Totals Index: 12.68 C K Index: 17.15 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 94.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10294.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.15 mb = 1565.01 m = 5134.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.7 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 346.7 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -62.3 tot: -42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 46.74 m/s