MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108141200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108141200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 15 AUG 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 89 SFC 955 507 33.6 5.4 17 28.2 16.5 246 4 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.2 5.89 2 950 550 33.0 4.7 17 28.3 16.1 246 5 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.1 5.63 3 900 1032 28.2 3.8 21 24.4 13.8 245 6 310.5 311.6 291.1 327.9 5.58 4 850 1534 23.2 2.7 26 20.6 11.5 246 6 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.5 5.47 5 800 2057 18.2 2.0 34 16.1 9.1 248 7 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.7 5.55 6 750 2603 12.8 0.8 44 12.0 6.3 248 7 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.4 5.43 7 700 3177 8.9 -12.5 20 21.5 0.1 284 12 312.4 312.8 288.5 319.2 2.09 8 650 3786 5.3 -16.4 19 21.8 -2.9 294 12 315.0 315.3 288.9 320.4 1.63 9 600 4434 0.9 -22.2 16 23.0 -6.5 311 12 317.1 317.3 289.0 320.8 1.08 10 550 5125 -4.3 -29.0 12 24.8 -10.7 320 14 319.0 319.2 289.1 321.3 0.63 11 500 5868 -8.8 -41.8 5 32.9 -14.7 319 16 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.0 0.20 12 450 6675 -14.9 -42.0 8 27.0 -19.3 306 16 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.21 13 400 7552 -21.6 -44.3 11 22.7 -24.6 306 18 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.19 14 350 8520 -29.0 -43.8 23 14.8 -30.6 287 17 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.22 15 300 9606 -36.5 -47.8 30 11.4 -37.4 257 14 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.17 16 250 10844 -45.9 -53.6 42 7.6 -46.3 291 16 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.10 17 200 12292 -56.2 -65.5 30 9.3 -56.3 315 20 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14113 -57.3 -81.7 3 24.4 -57.6 311 21 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16670 -58.4 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 333 19 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.61 m Freezing level: 591.67 mb = 4548.81 m = 14923.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.66 mb = 3193.02 m = 10475.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.56 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 632.88 mb = 4001.89 m = 13129.41 ft T: 3.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.84 mb = 4913.20 m = 16119.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.11 C = 106.00 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 32.10 C Cross Totals Index: 11.54 C K Index: 13.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6306.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.32 mb = 4060.39 m = 13321.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.7 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 325.7 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 9.59 m/s