MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 2 AUG 23 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 83 SFC 953 514 28.8 14.5 42 14.3 19.2 46 14 306.2 308.3 294.1 339.2 10.97 2 950 539 28.0 14.1 43 13.9 18.8 47 16 305.6 307.6 293.8 337.9 10.74 3 900 1014 23.2 12.9 52 10.3 16.4 55 21 305.4 307.3 293.5 336.7 10.42 4 850 1510 20.8 11.7 56 9.1 14.9 101 22 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.9 10.22 5 800 2033 18.6 10.9 61 7.7 13.6 160 20 311.0 312.9 294.9 342.6 10.31 6 750 2583 14.3 7.5 63 6.9 10.1 183 25 312.1 313.8 294.1 339.1 8.70 7 700 3161 10.0 -4.3 36 14.4 2.9 194 29 313.6 314.3 290.6 326.2 3.96 8 650 3772 5.5 -3.4 53 8.9 1.0 226 32 315.2 316.0 291.6 329.7 4.57 9 600 4421 0.9 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.7 262 28 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.4 3.76 10 550 5114 -4.1 -11.5 56 7.5 -7.1 279 31 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.8 2.88 11 500 5858 -8.7 -19.4 42 10.7 -12.2 283 39 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.1 1.64 12 450 6667 -13.3 -42.1 7 28.8 -18.1 282 45 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.3 0.21 13 400 7552 -19.6 -47.7 6 28.1 -23.2 280 48 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 14 350 8528 -26.9 -53.8 6 26.9 -29.3 285 54 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.07 15 300 9620 -35.3 -51.3 18 16.0 -36.4 280 67 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 16 250 10864 -45.1 -53.8 37 8.7 -45.5 280 74 339.0 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.10 17 200 12325 -53.0 -71.8 8 18.8 -53.3 277 75 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14153 -59.7 -82.8 3 23.1 -59.9 271 70 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16678 -61.0 -85.7 2 24.6 -61.3 292 25 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.18 m Freezing level: 590.58 mb = 4551.39 m = 14932.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.46 mb = 3942.68 m = 12935.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.53 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.26 mb = 2322.86 m = 7620.83 ft T: 16.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 16.36 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.91 mb = 3316.67 m = 10881.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.52 C = 97.74 F Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 26.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 313.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.87 mb = 2393.55 m = 7852.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.87 mb = 4803.17 m = 15758.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.87 mb = 9345.47 m = 30660.63 ft B at Equ Level: 93.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.87 mb = 11356.78 m = 37259.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 624.2 neg: -4.9 tot: 619.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 288.21 m/s