MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408221200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 23 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 93 SFC 954 514 28.4 10.7 33 17.7 17.1 318 6 305.7 307.2 292.0 331.2 8.48 2 950 547 27.9 10.0 33 17.9 16.6 317 7 305.5 307.0 291.7 330.0 8.13 3 900 1021 23.3 8.6 39 14.7 14.3 309 9 305.5 307.0 291.5 329.1 7.82 4 850 1515 18.5 7.6 49 10.9 11.9 302 10 305.5 306.9 291.4 328.8 7.73 5 800 2031 13.5 6.7 63 6.9 9.5 297 10 305.6 307.0 291.4 328.8 7.70 6 750 2569 9.2 -2.5 44 11.7 3.4 293 19 306.6 307.4 288.6 319.7 4.25 7 700 3139 8.0 -28.1 6 36.2 -2.6 304 24 311.4 311.5 286.5 313.2 0.54 8 650 3744 3.8 -28.1 8 31.8 -5.3 296 22 313.2 313.3 287.2 315.2 0.58 9 600 4389 -0.2 -32.6 7 32.4 -8.2 281 22 315.9 315.9 287.9 317.3 0.41 10 550 5078 -4.5 -37.2 6 32.8 -11.4 275 21 318.8 318.9 288.7 319.8 0.28 11 500 5820 -9.4 -40.0 6 30.6 -15.0 265 23 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.5 0.24 12 450 6626 -14.7 -46.1 5 31.4 -19.2 265 27 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.3 0.14 13 400 7504 -21.8 -45.2 10 23.4 -24.8 265 26 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.17 14 350 8471 -29.4 -49.7 12 20.3 -31.2 265 27 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.12 15 300 9553 -37.5 -55.6 13 18.1 -38.5 263 35 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 16 250 10787 -46.7 -60.7 19 13.9 -47.2 263 47 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.04 17 200 12232 -55.3 -67.3 21 12.0 -55.6 261 50 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14069 -54.9 -81.4 2 26.5 -55.2 256 47 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16646 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.1 -57.3 262 20 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.23 m Freezing level: 602.82 mb = 4352.45 m = 14279.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.40 mb = 2890.52 m = 9483.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.90 mb = 2726.14 m = 8943.93 ft T: 8.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 18.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.20 mb = 3691.84 m = 12112.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: 2.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.96 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 16.99 C K Index: -0.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6386.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.99 mb = 2838.20 m = 9311.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.4 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 315.4 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.4 neg: -5.6 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 19.34 m/s