MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108191200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108191200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 20 AUG 21 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 81 SFC 952 507 22.3 12.5 54 9.8 16.0 24 8 299.6 301.3 291.0 327.7 9.58 2 950 525 21.4 12.3 56 9.1 15.7 24 8 299.0 300.7 290.8 326.8 9.51 3 900 990 16.5 11.5 72 5.1 13.4 26 10 298.6 300.3 290.7 326.3 9.50 4 850 1473 13.2 8.8 75 4.3 10.6 31 6 299.9 301.5 290.2 324.7 8.40 5 800 1985 14.7 8.0 65 6.6 10.6 198 13 306.8 308.3 292.4 332.4 8.47 6 750 2532 13.6 9.5 76 4.0 11.0 205 27 311.3 313.2 294.8 342.0 9.99 7 700 3109 8.4 6.1 85 2.4 7.1 202 28 311.8 313.4 293.8 338.0 8.46 8 650 3719 6.0 -5.6 43 11.6 0.4 202 29 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.3 3.87 9 600 4370 2.4 -13.0 31 15.4 -3.9 197 30 318.9 319.4 290.7 326.7 2.34 10 550 5066 -2.0 -21.2 21 19.2 -8.3 194 35 321.7 322.0 290.6 326.1 1.28 11 500 5816 -7.0 -21.0 32 13.9 -11.5 198 32 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.4 1.44 12 450 6629 -12.3 -17.8 64 5.4 -14.2 205 32 327.7 328.1 293.0 335.0 2.10 13 400 7519 -17.9 -23.1 64 5.2 -19.4 214 40 331.7 332.0 293.6 337.0 1.49 14 350 8503 -24.8 -35.9 35 11.0 -26.7 209 39 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.51 15 300 9606 -33.4 -55.2 9 21.7 -35.0 208 35 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.07 16 250 10859 -42.7 -55.4 23 12.8 -43.3 206 45 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.08 17 200 12334 -51.3 -69.9 9 18.6 -51.7 219 47 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14161 -60.2 -79.6 6 19.3 -60.4 223 49 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16680 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 230 29 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.44 m Freezing level: 572.73 mb = 4749.73 m = 15582.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.04 mb = 3780.94 m = 12404.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.63 mb = 1739.52 m = 5707.02 ft T: 13.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 15.85 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.20 mb = 3615.39 m = 11861.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.58 C = 99.64 F Cap Strength: 7.73 C Lifted Index: 6.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.58 C Showalter Index: 6.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: 15.87 C K Index: 26.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8575.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.39 mb = 1731.73 m = 5681.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 229.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 154.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 149.49 m/s