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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
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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