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      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
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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