MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408211200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 22 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 69 SFC 951 514 27.4 18.9 60 8.5 21.3 147 14 304.9 307.6 296.3 348.4 14.56 2 950 522 26.8 18.8 62 8.0 21.2 148 15 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.7 14.54 3 900 997 22.0 17.5 75 4.6 18.8 151 23 304.2 306.8 295.8 346.1 14.08 4 850 1493 22.2 5.5 34 16.7 12.3 160 30 309.4 310.6 291.7 329.9 6.67 5 800 2017 19.3 2.6 33 16.7 9.7 172 18 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.7 5.77 6 750 2569 16.7 0.6 34 16.1 7.8 192 16 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.6 5.35 7 700 3151 12.1 4.2 58 7.9 7.4 207 17 315.9 317.3 294.1 339.2 7.40 8 650 3767 6.9 3.9 81 3.0 5.2 215 19 316.8 318.3 294.7 341.5 7.83 9 600 4420 2.0 -0.5 83 2.5 0.6 243 17 318.4 319.6 293.9 338.1 6.15 10 550 5116 -3.4 -8.7 67 5.3 -5.7 248 21 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.9 3.61 11 500 5860 -9.8 -21.1 39 11.3 -13.2 257 21 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.9 1.42 12 450 6663 -16.0 -32.1 24 16.0 -19.3 253 32 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.1 0.58 13 400 7538 -21.9 -38.6 21 16.7 -24.4 248 38 326.6 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.34 14 350 8505 -29.5 -46.7 17 17.2 -31.2 248 41 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 15 300 9584 -38.7 -46.6 43 7.9 -39.3 247 47 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.19 16 250 10809 -47.9 -54.7 46 6.8 -48.2 252 66 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.09 17 200 12252 -55.7 -65.1 30 9.4 -55.9 259 66 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 14089 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 247 36 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16662 -59.7 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 246 13 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.67 m Freezing level: 581.62 mb = 4675.86 m = 15340.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.21 mb = 4484.19 m = 14711.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.47 % Est. max temperature: 34.06 C = 93.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.07 mb = 1594.79 m = 5232.19 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.26 mb = 3231.64 m = 10602.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.36 C = 101.05 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.01 C Cross Totals Index: 15.32 C K Index: 29.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1304.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 366.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.95 mb = 1995.58 m = 6547.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.95 mb = 4460.88 m = 14635.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.95 mb = 12030.90 m = 39470.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1296.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.95 mb = 14666.13 m = 48116.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.4 neg: -16.8 tot: 102.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 23.64 Bulk Shear: 55.17 m/s