MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 19 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 -53
1 950 408
SFC 939 513 36.0 15.6 30 20.4 21.7 189 6 314.7 317.0 297.0 351.8 11.92
3 900 898 32.2 13.7 33 18.5 19.5 197 8 314.7 316.8 296.4 349.0 11.02
4 850 1408 27.4 12.2 39 15.2 17.2 223 6 314.9 316.9 296.1 347.8 10.59
5 800 1941 23.9 1.1 22 22.8 10.9 303 12 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.1 5.17
6 750 2499 19.4 -0.7 26 20.1 8.3 272 10 317.6 318.6 292.6 333.2 4.85
7 700 3087 14.6 1.0 40 13.6 6.9 240 18 318.7 319.8 293.7 337.6 5.90
8 650 3707 9.7 -1.4 46 11.1 3.7 234 27 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.1 5.31
9 600 4366 4.5 -4.9 50 9.4 -0.2 238 34 321.3 322.2 293.3 335.8 4.43
10 550 5067 -1.3 -5.6 72 4.4 -3.4 243 34 322.6 323.5 293.7 337.6 4.57
11 500 5819 -6.3 -13.2 58 6.9 -9.1 244 35 325.3 325.9 293.0 334.7 2.76
12 450 6638 -10.1 -14.3 71 4.2 -11.8 249 43 330.5 331.1 294.4 340.2 2.80
13 400 7533 -17.2 -19.7 81 2.5 -18.0 258 43 332.6 333.0 294.2 339.7 2.00
14 350 8521 -23.5 -31.8 47 8.3 -25.1 257 51 337.1 337.3 294.3 340.0 0.76
15 300 9629 -32.2 -41.9 37 9.8 -33.3 258 58 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.3 0.32
16 250 10890 -42.0 -48.3 50 6.4 -42.4 259 58 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.5 0.19
17 200 12363 -51.2 -62.6 24 11.5 -51.5 255 51 351.8 351.8 297.1 351.9 0.04
18 150 14188 -61.9 -78.1 10 16.2 -62.0 260 53 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.01
19 100 16674 -62.4 -89.2 2 26.9 -62.6 261 22 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5871.66 m
Freezing level: 560.89 mb = 4913.88 m = 16121.47 ft
Wetbulb zero: 602.73 mb = 4328.25 m = 14200.14 ft
Precipitable water: 1.27 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.75 %
Est. max temperature: 38.05 C = 100.49 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.26 mb = 3083.51 m = 10116.37 ft T: 14.64 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km
ThetaE index: 18.66 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 637.21 mb = 3870.87 m = 12699.55 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg
Conv temperature: 41.45 C = 106.60 F
Cap Strength: 3.80 C
Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C
Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 33.73 C
Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C
K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 260.49 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 701.22 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 37.45 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.10 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.80 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.66 mb = 3247.85 m = 10655.55 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.66 mb = 4478.45 m = 14692.88 ft
Equ Level (EL): 221.66 mb = 11684.13 m = 38333.30 ft
B at Equ Level: 699.54 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.66 mb = 14538.59 m = 47698.19 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 23.2 knts
Storm direction: 273.2 at 17.4 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.1 neg: -21.9 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2
ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.07
Bulk Rich Number: 14.22
Bulk Shear: 49.33 m/s
