MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408061200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408061200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 7 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 99 SFC 954 513 24.2 13.8 52 10.5 17.4 182 12 301.4 303.4 292.3 332.2 10.44 2 950 548 23.5 13.3 53 10.2 16.9 183 14 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.0 10.15 3 900 1017 18.8 12.4 66 6.4 14.7 188 18 300.9 302.8 291.9 330.7 10.10 4 850 1505 18.4 7.3 48 11.1 11.7 238 13 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.3 7.57 5 800 2023 16.1 5.8 50 10.3 10.0 286 14 308.3 309.7 291.9 330.5 7.24 6 750 2569 12.4 6.2 66 6.2 8.7 289 29 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.6 7.98 7 700 3143 7.9 2.9 70 5.0 5.1 291 34 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.1 6.73 8 650 3749 3.1 1.3 88 1.8 2.1 282 36 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.7 6.50 9 600 4394 -1.4 -2.8 90 1.4 -2.1 283 36 314.5 315.5 292.0 330.9 5.20 10 550 5081 -5.8 -8.1 84 2.3 -6.8 287 40 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.4 3.78 11 500 5822 -10.7 -20.8 43 10.1 -13.7 289 45 320.0 320.3 290.3 325.0 1.45 12 450 6622 -16.7 -35.9 17 19.2 -20.1 285 51 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.40 13 400 7494 -23.4 -40.6 19 17.2 -25.7 282 57 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.28 14 350 8457 -29.8 -49.7 13 19.9 -31.5 278 65 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.12 15 300 9541 -36.4 -58.4 9 21.9 -37.6 279 76 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 16 250 10783 -42.6 -60.2 13 17.6 -43.3 278 95 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 17 200 12278 -47.1 -74.7 3 27.6 -47.8 275 94 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 18 150 14136 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 276 68 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16694 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 286 28 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.13 m Freezing level: 615.75 mb = 4190.58 m = 13748.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.77 mb = 4068.04 m = 13346.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.88 mb = 1834.21 m = 6017.69 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 3.99 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3154.15 m = 10348.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.93 C = 93.07 F Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.49 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.07 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 416.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.35 mb = 2061.72 m = 6764.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 461.35 mb = 6433.15 m = 21105.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.35 mb = 7838.60 m = 25716.88 ft B at Equ Level: 26.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 341.35 mb = 8633.30 m = 28324.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.9 neg: -13.3 tot: 128.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 180.09 m/s