MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408241200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408241200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 25 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 25 1 950 486 SFC 947 514 33.2 20.5 48 12.6 23.9 167 11 311.1 314.2 298.9 360.9 16.27 3 900 971 28.4 19.4 58 9.0 21.9 173 16 310.8 313.8 298.6 359.6 15.96 4 850 1476 23.4 18.2 72 5.2 19.7 177 17 310.7 313.7 298.4 358.6 15.67 5 800 2002 19.2 14.0 72 5.2 15.6 194 17 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.3 12.64 6 750 2556 16.9 5.6 47 11.3 10.0 225 10 314.9 316.4 294.0 338.7 7.60 7 700 3139 12.6 3.3 53 9.3 7.2 231 11 316.5 317.8 293.9 338.4 6.94 8 650 3756 7.5 1.9 68 5.6 4.3 232 15 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.0 6.77 9 600 4409 1.9 -1.1 81 3.0 0.3 223 17 318.3 319.5 293.6 337.2 5.90 10 550 5104 -2.9 -7.8 69 4.9 -5.1 212 19 320.7 321.5 292.6 333.4 3.87 11 500 5854 -6.6 -13.2 59 6.6 -9.2 226 24 325.0 325.6 292.9 334.4 2.76 12 450 6671 -11.3 -30.6 19 19.3 -15.9 235 33 329.0 329.2 292.1 331.5 0.67 13 400 7562 -17.5 -39.2 13 21.6 -21.3 232 40 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.32 14 350 8546 -25.3 -48.6 9 23.4 -27.8 229 44 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 15 300 9644 -34.2 -51.5 16 17.3 -35.5 230 49 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.11 16 250 10894 -44.1 -58.6 19 14.5 -44.7 230 57 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.06 17 200 12351 -54.9 -66.0 24 11.0 -55.1 228 59 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14161 -59.2 -79.8 5 20.5 -59.5 224 55 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16677 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.5 236 16 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.15 m Freezing level: 580.02 mb = 4687.07 m = 15377.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.10 mb = 4447.96 m = 14592.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.70 mb = 2113.31 m = 6933.34 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 22.54 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.95 mb = 2624.09 m = 8609.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.08 C = 98.75 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3108.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.38 mb = 2116.82 m = 6944.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.38 mb = 3086.53 m = 10126.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.38 mb = 13585.08 m = 44569.91 ft B at Equ Level: 3091.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.7 neg: -6.7 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 167.03 Bulk Shear: 18.61 m/s