MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 3 AUG 23
Station: KMOT
Latitude: 48.27
Longitude: -101.28
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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
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0 1000 89
SFC 954 514 32.2 16.6 39 15.5 21.3 342 2 309.5 311.9 296.1 347.8 12.59
2 950 549 31.3 16.1 40 15.2 20.8 339 2 309.0 311.3 295.7 346.0 12.19
3 900 1030 26.5 15.1 49 11.5 18.7 330 2 308.9 311.1 295.6 345.4 12.05
4 850 1531 21.7 14.1 62 7.6 16.5 320 2 308.9 311.1 295.6 345.2 11.97
5 800 2053 16.6 13.1 80 3.5 14.3 311 2 308.9 311.1 295.6 345.2 11.94
6 750 2599 12.7 3.8 54 8.9 7.6 300 7 310.4 311.7 292.0 331.1 6.71
7 700 3174 8.6 -3.0 44 11.7 2.8 308 10 312.0 312.9 290.5 325.8 4.36
8 650 3781 5.0 -15.5 21 20.5 -2.9 296 12 314.6 314.9 288.9 320.4 1.76
9 600 4430 1.4 -29.3 8 30.7 -7.1 300 15 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.7 0.56
10 550 5122 -3.3 -29.0 12 25.6 -10.1 311 20 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.63
11 500 5867 -8.9 -41.8 5 32.9 -14.8 313 24 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.19
12 450 6673 -14.8 -44.5 6 29.8 -19.2 308 29 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.16
13 400 7553 -20.5 -42.5 12 22.1 -23.6 299 39 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.23
14 350 8527 -27.6 -32.7 62 5.1 -28.5 279 46 331.5 331.7 292.8 334.1 0.70
15 300 9621 -34.8 -38.2 71 3.4 -35.2 280 58 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.2 0.47
16 250 10866 -45.0 -51.5 48 6.5 -45.4 277 72 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.13
17 200 12321 -52.9 -65.5 20 12.7 -53.1 275 67 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03
18 150 14159 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 282 63 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00
19 100 16703 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 297 27 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5777.70 m
Freezing level: 585.26 mb = 4633.87 m = 15202.80 ft
Wetbulb zero: 675.35 mb = 3467.80 m = 11377.16 ft
Precipitable water: 1.16 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.57 %
Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.85 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.61 mb = 2468.84 m = 8099.77 ft T: 13.65 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km
ThetaE index: 28.12 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2677.35 m = 8783.86 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg
Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F
Cap Strength: 1.06 C
Lifted Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C
Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 53.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 30.59 C
Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C
K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 288.30 Risk: None
Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1224.58 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 49.49 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.20 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.06 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.01 mb = 2475.50 m = 8121.63 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.01 mb = 2985.28 m = 9794.11 ft
Equ Level (EL): 216.01 mb = 11818.73 m = 38774.89 ft
B at Equ Level: 1218.07 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.01 mb = 14773.27 m = 48468.13 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.9 at 12.2 knts
Storm direction: 337.9 at 9.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2
ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.06
Bulk Rich Number: 87.37
Bulk Shear: 14.02 m/s
