MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2206091200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2206091200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 10 JUN 22 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 87 SFC 952 507 20.3 14.5 69 5.8 16.5 256 6 297.6 299.6 291.5 329.4 10.96 2 950 530 19.5 14.0 71 5.5 15.9 257 6 296.9 298.8 291.0 327.6 10.60 3 900 992 16.3 9.1 62 7.2 12.0 237 9 298.3 299.7 289.3 321.9 8.07 4 850 1475 12.3 7.1 70 5.2 9.3 209 7 299.0 300.4 289.0 321.0 7.45 5 800 1980 8.4 4.7 78 3.6 6.3 209 7 300.1 301.3 288.7 320.0 6.72 6 750 2509 4.0 1.1 82 2.8 2.5 242 8 300.9 301.9 287.9 317.5 5.55 7 700 3067 0.6 -1.2 88 1.8 -0.3 316 12 303.1 304.1 288.2 318.4 5.02 8 650 3659 -2.8 -4.8 86 2.0 -3.7 282 14 305.8 306.6 288.3 318.5 4.13 9 600 4288 -7.0 -11.9 68 4.9 -8.8 294 22 308.0 308.5 287.5 316.1 2.55 10 550 4960 -11.8 -24.5 34 12.7 -14.9 291 27 310.1 310.3 286.5 313.3 0.95 11 500 5685 -15.3 -23.7 49 8.4 -17.4 284 33 314.4 314.7 288.2 318.3 1.13 12 450 6473 -20.2 -43.1 11 23.0 -23.1 289 38 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.6 0.19 13 400 7335 -26.0 -43.1 19 17.1 -28.0 292 44 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.21 14 350 8284 -34.3 -38.3 67 4.0 -34.8 299 48 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.9 0.40 15 300 9344 -42.5 -45.7 71 3.2 -42.8 302 54 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.21 16 250 10547 -52.7 -56.5 64 3.8 -52.8 303 54 327.6 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.07 17 200 11968 -54.9 -66.1 24 11.2 -55.2 304 50 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 13807 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.2 304 42 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16402 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.5 302 23 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.24 m Freezing level: 691.20 mb = 3170.98 m = 10403.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.91 mb = 3010.37 m = 9876.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.38 % Est. max temperature: 22.70 C = 72.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.15 mb = 1238.30 m = 4062.61 ft T: 14.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.93 mb = 1991.02 m = 6532.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.77 C = 72.99 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 181.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.02 mb = 1753.80 m = 5753.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.02 mb = 2325.20 m = 7628.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 457.02 mb = 6357.53 m = 20857.79 ft B at Equ Level: 181.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.02 mb = 9870.11 m = 32381.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -15.5 tot: 9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.80 Bulk Shear: 23.32 m/s