MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408071200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 8 AUG 24 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 144 SFC 958 513 19.6 5.8 40 13.8 11.9 348 13 296.4 297.5 286.8 314.1 6.04 2 950 585 18.4 4.8 41 13.6 10.9 348 16 295.9 296.9 286.2 312.5 5.69 3 900 1044 13.8 3.8 51 9.9 8.5 347 19 295.7 296.7 286.1 312.1 5.60 4 850 1521 9.0 2.7 65 6.3 5.8 347 19 295.6 296.6 285.9 311.7 5.49 5 800 2019 4.2 1.6 83 2.6 2.9 346 19 295.6 296.6 285.8 311.4 5.37 6 750 2542 2.7 -15.1 26 17.8 -3.4 321 23 299.5 299.8 283.2 304.4 1.57 7 700 3096 0.0 -8.3 54 8.3 -3.4 313 25 302.5 303.0 285.9 311.5 2.92 8 650 3687 -2.0 -16.3 32 14.3 -6.8 308 27 306.7 307.0 286.1 312.0 1.64 9 600 4320 -5.1 -17.9 36 12.9 -9.2 301 30 310.3 310.6 287.2 315.4 1.56 10 550 4998 -8.9 -22.2 33 13.3 -12.6 293 36 313.5 313.7 287.9 317.5 1.17 11 500 5729 -14.0 -23.3 45 9.3 -16.4 291 41 316.0 316.2 288.7 319.9 1.17 12 450 6520 -19.6 -26.6 54 7.0 -21.1 284 43 318.6 318.8 289.3 322.0 0.96 13 400 7383 -25.7 -35.7 39 9.9 -27.2 279 48 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.2 0.46 14 350 8335 -33.6 -41.6 45 7.9 -34.4 275 50 323.4 323.4 290.1 324.5 0.28 15 300 9395 -42.7 -49.4 48 6.6 -43.1 276 57 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.7 0.14 16 250 10605 -48.4 -61.9 19 13.5 -48.8 272 77 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 17 200 12077 -45.4 -76.2 2 30.8 -46.2 275 70 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 18 150 13982 -49.1 -79.0 2 29.9 -49.8 279 55 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 19 100 16601 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 274 35 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.03 m Freezing level: 699.71 mb = 3099.70 m = 10169.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.16 mb = 2253.66 m = 7393.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.35 % Est. max temperature: 18.88 C = 65.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.78 mb = 2226.39 m = 7304.35 ft T: 3.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 9.67 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.77 mb = 2984.92 m = 9792.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.10 F Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lifted Index: 6.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: 7.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C K Index: 17.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12059.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.44 mb = 2282.08 m = 7487.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.1 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 337.1 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -6.0 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 47.53 m/s