MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 31 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 108 SFC 955 514 27.8 7.5 28 20.3 15.5 287 7 305.0 306.2 290.5 325.6 6.83 2 950 561 27.4 6.8 27 20.6 15.0 287 9 305.0 306.2 290.2 324.8 6.53 3 900 1035 22.8 5.4 32 17.4 12.7 285 13 305.0 306.2 290.0 324.0 6.27 4 850 1528 18.1 4.3 40 13.8 10.3 282 15 305.1 306.3 289.9 323.8 6.15 5 800 2042 13.1 3.6 53 9.5 7.8 280 16 305.1 306.3 290.0 324.0 6.22 6 750 2579 7.9 2.6 69 5.3 5.0 278 18 305.1 306.3 289.9 323.8 6.17 7 700 3143 3.3 -1.9 69 5.2 0.8 288 27 306.2 307.1 289.0 320.8 4.77 8 650 3741 0.9 -18.1 23 19.0 -5.5 301 35 309.9 310.2 286.9 314.6 1.41 9 600 4380 -2.2 -27.2 13 25.0 -8.9 303 40 313.5 313.7 287.4 315.9 0.68 10 550 5064 -6.7 -27.1 18 20.4 -11.9 300 44 316.2 316.3 288.3 318.8 0.76 11 500 5801 -11.5 -25.1 31 13.7 -15.0 296 48 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 0.99 12 450 6601 -16.5 -23.8 53 7.3 -18.4 296 51 322.4 322.7 290.8 326.7 1.24 13 400 7477 -21.3 -29.5 48 8.2 -23.0 298 51 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.3 0.83 14 350 8449 -28.1 -36.3 45 8.3 -29.3 300 51 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.7 0.49 15 300 9535 -37.2 -41.9 61 4.7 -37.7 303 60 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.2 0.32 16 250 10769 -46.2 -51.7 54 5.5 -46.5 305 70 337.3 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.13 17 200 12218 -56.2 -64.5 34 8.4 -56.3 303 71 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14025 -58.0 -76.8 7 18.8 -58.2 292 56 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16587 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 278 32 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.36 m Freezing level: 636.04 mb = 3919.31 m = 12858.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.83 mb = 3214.64 m = 10546.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.91 mb = 3039.77 m = 9972.88 ft T: 4.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.38 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.73 mb = 3707.04 m = 12162.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.54 C = 90.58 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 2.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.56 C Cross Totals Index: 15.79 C K Index: 28.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7274.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.42 mb = 3184.49 m = 10447.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 54.35 m/s