MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 11 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 -1
1 950 446
SFC 943 513 25.3 15.9 56 9.4 18.9 283 4 303.5 305.8 294.2 339.6 12.14
3 900 919 21.9 13.2 58 8.7 16.2 274 9 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.8 10.63
4 850 1412 17.1 11.9 71 5.3 13.8 270 13 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.9 10.34
5 800 1925 12.2 10.9 92 1.2 11.4 268 15 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.9 10.32
6 750 2463 7.8 7.1 96 0.7 7.4 271 25 305.0 306.6 291.9 330.5 8.48
7 700 3029 4.5 2.3 86 2.2 3.3 292 27 307.5 308.7 290.9 327.2 6.47
8 650 3629 0.9 -2.3 79 3.2 -0.7 289 27 310.0 311.0 290.5 325.5 4.98
9 600 4268 -2.9 -5.6 82 2.7 -4.1 286 28 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.1 4.20
10 550 4953 -6.3 -8.2 86 1.9 -7.1 281 25 316.6 317.4 291.4 328.8 3.76
11 500 5692 -11.4 -19.6 51 8.2 -13.9 276 28 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.6 1.62
12 450 6490 -17.4 -33.9 22 16.5 -20.4 271 30 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.2 0.48
13 400 7362 -22.8 -45.7 10 22.9 -25.5 274 33 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.16
14 350 8326 -30.3 -47.5 17 17.3 -31.9 279 37 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.15
15 300 9401 -39.3 -52.8 23 13.5 -40.1 270 39 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.10
16 250 10622 -49.3 -59.6 29 10.2 -49.7 261 36 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05
17 200 12057 -54.0 -67.6 17 13.6 -54.2 266 34 347.2 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.02
18 150 13909 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 272 33 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00
19 100 16520 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 292 23 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5693.04 m
Freezing level: 637.75 mb = 3785.82 m = 12420.53 ft
Wetbulb zero: 658.27 mb = 3526.82 m = 11570.79 ft
Precipitable water: 1.31 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.74 %
Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.49 mb = 1700.64 m = 5579.46 ft T: 14.34 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km
ThetaE index: 14.04 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2002.81 m = 6570.80 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg
Conv temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F
Cap Strength: 0.21 C
Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C
Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C
Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C
K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 253.01 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 914.32 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 42.76 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.56 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.21 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.91 mb = 1967.84 m = 6456.10 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.91 mb = 2126.27 m = 6975.87 ft
Equ Level (EL): 230.91 mb = 11132.47 m = 36523.39 ft
B at Equ Level: 898.07 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.91 mb = 13457.16 m = 44150.25 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.8 at 23.0 knts
Storm direction: 309.8 at 17.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 91.8 m^2/s^2
ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.38
Bulk Rich Number: 27.26
Bulk Shear: 33.54 m/s
