MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 23 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 86
SFC 952 514 25.0 19.0 69 6.0 20.8 115 6 302.3 305.0 295.7 345.8 14.70
2 950 535 24.3 18.9 72 5.4 20.5 116 6 301.9 304.6 295.6 345.1 14.66
3 900 1006 20.1 17.9 87 2.2 18.5 147 4 302.2 304.9 295.5 344.9 14.45
4 850 1502 22.5 13.3 56 9.1 16.3 308 11 309.7 311.8 295.4 344.3 11.38
5 800 2029 21.0 7.8 42 13.2 12.7 284 17 313.5 315.1 294.1 339.4 8.31
6 750 2583 17.5 3.8 40 13.6 9.4 277 27 315.5 316.8 293.5 336.8 6.73
7 700 3168 13.5 -1.5 36 15.0 5.4 268 28 317.4 318.4 292.6 333.2 4.91
8 650 3787 9.4 -3.8 39 13.2 2.6 252 33 319.6 320.5 292.8 334.1 4.45
9 600 4446 5.1 -6.5 43 11.6 -0.5 248 40 322.1 322.8 293.0 335.0 3.93
10 550 5149 0.0 -11.9 40 11.9 -5.1 251 44 324.1 324.6 292.6 333.5 2.78
11 500 5904 -5.4 -18.4 35 13.0 -10.0 255 41 326.5 326.8 292.4 332.7 1.79
12 450 6722 -11.4 -25.1 31 13.7 -15.3 255 39 328.8 329.1 292.4 332.8 1.10
13 400 7612 -18.3 -31.2 31 13.0 -21.0 254 37 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.9 0.70
14 350 8592 -26.4 -37.4 35 11.0 -28.0 251 36 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.9 0.44
15 300 9686 -35.1 -47.7 27 12.5 -36.2 250 32 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.6 0.17
16 250 10933 -43.3 -62.6 10 19.3 -44.0 258 28 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03
17 200 12410 -50.2 -72.3 6 22.1 -50.7 243 30 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01
18 150 14248 -59.3 -78.8 6 19.5 -59.5 248 26 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01
19 100 16765 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.2 235 15 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5817.59 m
Freezing level: 549.90 mb = 5150.36 m = 16897.31 ft
Wetbulb zero: 608.17 mb = 4334.26 m = 14219.85 ft
Precipitable water: 1.37 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.69 %
Est. max temperature: 35.86 C = 96.54 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.87 mb = 1271.71 m = 4172.23 ft T: 21.36 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km
ThetaE index: 12.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 695.51 mb = 3221.67 m = 10569.64 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg
Conv temperature: 40.06 C = 104.10 F
Cap Strength: 6.78 C
Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.91 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C
Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 46.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 27.84 C
Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C
K Index: 26.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 222.14 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 584.39 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 34.19 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 538.48 J/kg
Cap Strength: 6.74 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.79 mb = 1586.52 m = 5205.06 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 516.79 mb = 5642.13 m = 18510.71 ft
Equ Level (EL): 236.79 mb = 11292.59 m = 37048.73 ft
B at Equ Level: 578.44 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.79 mb = 13570.27 m = 44521.35 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 28.9 knts
Storm direction: 287.8 at 21.7 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.1 neg: -37.6 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2
ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.21
Bulk Rich Number: 4.18
Bulk Shear: 139.81 m/s
