MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108161200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108161200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 17 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 -32 1 950 437 SFC 943 507 38.7 2.6 11 36.1 17.1 251 10 317.2 318.1 292.5 332.9 4.90 3 900 928 34.5 0.9 12 33.5 15.0 252 15 317.0 317.9 292.2 331.6 4.55 4 850 1440 29.5 0.1 15 29.3 12.7 251 16 317.0 317.9 292.2 331.6 4.54 5 800 1973 24.2 -0.8 19 25.1 10.3 251 16 317.0 317.9 292.1 331.4 4.50 6 750 2532 19.1 -2.2 23 21.3 7.6 257 18 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.3 4.33 7 700 3117 13.7 -6.5 24 20.2 3.8 266 19 317.6 318.2 291.3 328.5 3.34 8 650 3734 8.0 -7.4 33 15.3 0.7 281 23 318.0 318.6 291.4 329.0 3.38 9 600 4387 2.1 -7.4 49 9.5 -2.3 284 25 318.5 319.2 291.8 330.4 3.65 10 550 5082 -3.5 -7.5 74 4.0 -5.4 287 32 319.9 320.6 292.4 332.8 3.95 11 500 5827 -8.8 -18.7 44 9.9 -12.1 278 37 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.3 1.75 12 450 6636 -13.7 -30.4 23 16.7 -17.5 271 44 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.68 13 400 7519 -20.3 -35.1 26 14.8 -22.9 271 41 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.4 0.48 14 350 8491 -27.8 -43.1 22 15.2 -29.6 270 42 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.24 15 300 9583 -35.0 -59.0 7 23.9 -36.4 269 51 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.2 0.04 16 250 10826 -45.5 -61.6 15 16.0 -46.1 274 43 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 17 200 12278 -54.5 -70.4 12 15.9 -54.8 276 25 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 14106 -58.2 -78.9 5 20.7 -58.4 273 22 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16635 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.8 251 17 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.12 m Freezing level: 581.70 mb = 4641.40 m = 15227.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.14 mb = 3884.57 m = 12744.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.30 % Est. max temperature: 38.59 C = 101.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 559.29 mb = 4947.94 m = 16233.19 ft T: -2.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 524.41 mb = 5454.15 m = 17893.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.61 C = 108.71 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.20 C Cross Totals Index: 8.87 C K Index: 18.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5739.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 553.52 mb = 5030.73 m = 16504.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 22.43 m/s