MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 9 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 58
1 950 510
SFC 950 514 27.5 8.8 31 18.6 16.0 332 10 305.1 306.5 291.1 327.8 7.52
3 900 983 22.3 7.4 38 14.9 13.3 328 12 304.4 305.8 290.6 326.1 7.18
4 850 1475 17.4 6.4 48 11.0 11.0 325 13 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.9 7.12
5 800 1988 12.4 5.4 62 7.0 8.3 322 13 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.6 7.04
6 750 2525 7.3 4.4 82 2.9 5.6 320 13 304.5 305.8 290.4 325.5 6.99
7 700 3087 2.5 1.0 90 1.5 1.7 310 22 305.2 306.3 289.7 323.1 5.88
8 650 3683 -1.1 -3.3 85 2.2 -2.1 308 30 307.7 308.6 289.3 322.0 4.60
9 600 4317 -5.1 -7.7 82 2.7 -6.2 302 29 310.3 310.9 289.2 321.5 3.56
10 550 4996 -9.2 -12.7 76 3.5 -10.5 299 30 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.6 2.62
11 500 5726 -13.3 -18.7 64 5.3 -15.0 297 31 316.8 317.1 289.5 322.6 1.75
12 450 6521 -18.5 -26.2 51 7.7 -20.3 296 33 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.5 1.01
13 400 7387 -25.2 -32.0 53 6.9 -26.3 294 34 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.6 0.65
14 350 8341 -32.8 -40.1 48 7.3 -33.6 291 37 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.33
15 300 9406 -41.5 -50.2 38 8.7 -42.1 290 40 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.13
16 250 10616 -51.0 -58.6 40 7.6 -51.2 304 43 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06
17 200 12045 -55.7 -69.9 15 14.3 -55.9 313 42 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.02
18 150 13899 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.0 301 43 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00
19 100 16531 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 295 27 426.5 426.5 308.4 426.5 0.01
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5668.63 m
Freezing level: 665.37 mb = 3500.05 m = 11482.96 ft
Wetbulb zero: 677.77 mb = 3346.79 m = 10980.14 ft
Precipitable water: 1.05 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.02 %
Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.14 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.64 mb = 2827.72 m = 9277.20 ft T: 4.69 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km
ThetaE index: 6.27 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 717.97 mb = 2880.68 m = 9450.92 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.25 g/kg
Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F
Cap Strength: 0.29 C
Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C
Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 50.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C
K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 164.08 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 98.81 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 14.06 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.03 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.49 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.82 mb = 2837.02 m = 9307.70 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.82 mb = 3008.34 m = 9869.75 ft
Equ Level (EL): 456.82 mb = 6407.71 m = 21022.41 ft
B at Equ Level: 98.55 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.82 mb = 10184.20 m = 33412.33 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.7 at 22.9 knts
Storm direction: 335.7 at 17.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.7 m^2/s^2
ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 4.09
Bulk Shear: 24.18 m/s
