MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208271200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 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 -52 1 950 405 SFC 939 513 31.4 9.6 26 21.7 17.5 250 9 310.1 311.6 293.0 334.8 8.04 3 900 888 28.3 7.2 26 21.0 15.3 253 16 310.6 312.0 292.4 332.5 7.10 4 850 1390 23.4 6.3 33 17.1 13.0 253 18 310.7 312.0 292.4 332.5 7.06 5 800 1914 18.3 5.3 42 13.0 10.6 253 19 310.7 312.0 292.3 332.4 7.01 6 750 2461 13.0 4.2 55 8.8 7.9 253 20 310.7 312.0 292.3 332.1 6.91 7 700 3036 7.4 3.3 75 4.1 5.1 253 21 310.7 312.0 292.3 332.1 6.93 8 650 3640 2.4 -1.9 73 4.3 0.2 265 24 311.6 312.6 291.0 327.6 5.11 9 600 4282 -1.4 -10.4 50 9.0 -5.1 277 29 314.5 315.0 289.9 323.8 2.88 10 550 4970 -5.7 -17.5 39 11.8 -9.7 279 31 317.4 317.7 289.8 323.3 1.76 11 500 5710 -10.0 -26.6 24 16.6 -14.3 276 30 320.9 321.0 289.9 323.9 0.87 12 450 6514 -15.5 -32.3 22 16.8 -19.0 272 31 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.8 0.57 13 400 7390 -22.1 -36.8 25 14.7 -24.5 269 32 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.41 14 350 8357 -29.4 -42.7 26 13.4 -30.9 270 36 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.25 15 300 9437 -38.2 -45.6 46 7.4 -38.7 271 39 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.22 16 250 10663 -48.7 -54.7 49 6.1 -48.9 270 48 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.09 17 200 12118 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 251 41 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13987 -54.5 -80.5 3 26.0 -54.8 266 32 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16550 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 271 16 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.73 m Freezing level: 618.87 mb = 4040.05 m = 13254.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.17 mb = 3663.08 m = 12017.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.15 mb = 3222.56 m = 10572.59 ft T: 5.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 2.71 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.05 mb = 3564.77 m = 11695.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.98 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.39 C Cross Totals Index: 16.28 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.81 mb = 3456.57 m = 11340.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.81 mb = 4021.78 m = 13194.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 319.81 mb = 8988.87 m = 29490.69 ft B at Equ Level: 58.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.81 mb = 10934.55 m = 35874.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.03 Bulk Shear: 19.21 m/s