MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107031200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107031200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 4 JUL 21 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 -3 1 950 461 SFC 945 507 36.5 13.4 25 23.1 20.7 271 5 314.7 316.6 295.8 346.6 10.24 3 900 950 31.8 11.3 29 20.5 18.2 266 7 314.3 316.1 295.1 343.5 9.40 4 850 1458 26.8 10.3 36 16.5 16.0 263 7 314.2 316.0 295.1 343.1 9.29 5 800 1989 21.7 8.9 44 12.8 13.6 264 8 314.3 316.0 294.9 342.3 9.00 6 750 2544 17.6 3.8 40 13.7 9.5 315 16 315.6 316.9 293.5 336.8 6.72 7 700 3128 12.4 0.6 44 11.7 5.8 302 19 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.3 5.72 8 650 3743 6.7 -3.6 48 10.2 1.5 297 24 316.5 317.4 292.0 331.0 4.51 9 600 4393 1.5 -12.6 34 14.0 -4.3 297 25 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.8 2.43 10 550 5087 -2.5 -36.2 6 33.7 -10.2 302 23 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.32 11 500 5835 -7.6 -29.8 15 22.2 -13.2 294 25 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.1 0.64 12 450 6646 -13.0 -29.3 24 16.3 -16.9 298 23 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.7 0.75 13 400 7532 -19.0 -37.5 18 18.4 -22.2 303 22 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.38 14 350 8511 -26.1 -47.6 12 21.4 -28.5 290 22 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.15 15 300 9606 -35.0 -50.6 19 15.6 -36.2 286 23 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.12 16 250 10849 -45.3 -55.8 30 10.5 -45.8 287 26 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.08 17 200 12307 -52.2 -67.8 14 15.7 -52.5 293 24 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14151 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -56.9 264 23 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16694 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 279 11 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.32 m Freezing level: 581.65 mb = 4647.69 m = 15248.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.07 mb = 3905.95 m = 12814.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.37 % Est. max temperature: 36.23 C = 97.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 677.33 mb = 3401.00 m = 11158.01 ft T: 9.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 24.29 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.88 mb = 3731.59 m = 12242.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.27 C = 100.89 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.40 C Cross Totals Index: 17.89 C K Index: 32.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 755.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.14 mb = 3489.65 m = 11448.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.14 mb = 4059.57 m = 13318.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.14 mb = 11533.40 m = 37838.79 ft B at Equ Level: 749.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.14 mb = 13935.35 m = 45719.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.9 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 325.9 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 32.33 Bulk Shear: 23.37 m/s