MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 2 AUG 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 19 1 950 475 SFC 946 514 32.4 17.4 41 15.0 21.8 156 8 310.4 312.9 296.8 351.0 13.29 3 900 959 28.2 14.6 43 13.6 18.9 172 12 310.6 312.8 295.8 346.3 11.68 4 850 1463 23.6 13.4 53 10.2 16.8 199 14 310.9 313.1 295.7 346.1 11.48 5 800 1988 19.0 12.2 65 6.8 14.5 226 17 311.4 313.5 295.7 346.0 11.26 6 750 2539 14.2 11.2 82 3.0 12.2 253 23 312.0 314.1 295.8 346.4 11.20 7 700 3118 9.7 4.4 70 5.2 6.6 275 30 313.2 314.6 293.4 336.6 7.53 8 650 3728 5.3 -5.2 47 10.5 0.2 283 40 314.9 315.7 291.0 327.7 4.00 9 600 4375 -0.4 -11.5 43 11.0 -5.0 283 44 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.3 2.65 10 550 5063 -5.1 -24.7 20 19.5 -10.7 287 44 318.0 318.2 289.1 321.2 0.94 11 500 5806 -8.7 -39.9 6 31.3 -14.6 290 44 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.24 12 450 6614 -13.9 -48.7 4 34.7 -18.8 294 43 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.1 0.10 13 400 7495 -20.8 -50.2 5 29.4 -24.2 297 44 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.10 14 350 8466 -28.6 -45.4 18 16.8 -30.4 297 48 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.19 15 300 9550 -37.2 -49.6 26 12.4 -38.1 297 54 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.14 16 250 10785 -46.4 -57.2 28 10.7 -46.9 297 59 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12239 -53.2 -66.5 18 13.3 -53.5 295 66 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14081 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 287 55 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16632 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 278 25 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.31 m Freezing level: 603.94 mb = 4324.29 m = 14187.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.10 mb = 3751.91 m = 12309.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.50 % Est. max temperature: 33.38 C = 92.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.57 mb = 2408.38 m = 7901.42 ft T: 15.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.80 mb = 2872.01 m = 9422.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.60 C = 94.27 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 40.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1781.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.56 mb = 2633.92 m = 8641.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.56 mb = 3158.14 m = 10361.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.56 mb = 12028.27 m = 39462.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1779.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.56 mb = 15149.67 m = 49703.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 281.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.15 Bulk Rich Number: 10.19 Bulk Shear: 174.82 m/s