MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108021200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108021200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMOT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 3 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 116 SFC 957 507 31.1 5.1 19 25.9 15.7 28 7 308.1 309.1 290.5 325.8 5.77 2 950 573 29.9 4.5 20 25.4 15.0 29 8 307.5 308.5 290.1 324.5 5.55 3 900 1051 25.1 3.1 24 22.0 12.6 30 9 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.8 5.33 4 850 1547 20.2 2.6 31 17.7 10.3 32 9 307.4 308.4 290.0 324.0 5.42 5 800 2064 15.2 1.6 40 13.5 7.8 33 9 307.3 308.3 289.9 323.9 5.39 6 750 2605 9.9 0.5 52 9.4 4.9 34 9 307.3 308.3 289.9 323.6 5.29 7 700 3174 6.6 -22.8 10 29.4 -2.8 48 16 309.8 310.0 286.3 312.7 0.87 8 650 3777 3.5 -12.6 30 16.1 -2.9 28 17 313.0 313.4 288.8 320.2 2.23 9 600 4423 1.5 -37.8 4 39.2 -7.5 353 17 317.8 317.8 288.3 318.7 0.25 10 550 5118 -2.7 -39.5 4 36.7 -10.5 342 20 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.7 0.23 11 500 5866 -7.0 -40.5 5 33.4 -13.6 340 27 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.22 12 450 6678 -12.6 -27.4 28 14.7 -16.4 343 30 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.6 0.90 13 400 7565 -19.1 -22.9 72 3.7 -20.2 340 37 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.5 1.52 14 350 8545 -25.6 -32.7 52 7.1 -26.9 332 45 334.2 334.3 293.5 336.8 0.70 15 300 9644 -34.4 -41.3 50 6.8 -35.2 329 50 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.2 0.34 16 250 10890 -44.7 -53.1 39 8.3 -45.2 339 58 339.5 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.11 17 200 12340 -56.5 -60.0 65 3.4 -56.6 337 64 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14157 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 339 52 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16693 -60.2 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.5 354 37 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.64 m Freezing level: 582.74 mb = 4663.01 m = 15298.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.05 mb = 2964.09 m = 9724.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 654.89 mb = 3716.43 m = 12192.87 ft T: 3.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 538.67 mb = 5281.06 m = 17326.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.46 C = 112.03 F Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lifted Index: 7.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: 7.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 9.63 C K Index: 0.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 75.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8577.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 652.08 mb = 3751.42 m = 12307.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 4.7 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 34.7 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -179.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -5.8 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 11.42 m/s