MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 25 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 953 514 29.1 13.6 39 15.5 18.8 329 4 306.4 308.3 293.7 337.4 10.29
2 950 542 28.7 12.6 37 16.1 18.2 326 5 306.3 308.2 293.2 335.6 9.71
3 900 1018 24.1 11.4 45 12.7 16.0 317 6 306.4 308.2 293.0 334.9 9.46
4 850 1514 19.3 10.3 56 9.0 13.6 306 6 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.5 9.32
5 800 2032 14.5 8.6 68 5.9 10.9 283 8 306.6 308.3 292.6 333.3 8.83
6 750 2573 10.0 7.3 83 2.7 8.3 256 13 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.4 8.56
7 700 3143 6.4 3.2 80 3.2 4.6 256 31 309.5 310.8 291.9 330.7 6.88
8 650 3747 2.3 -0.0 85 2.3 1.1 255 40 311.5 312.7 291.7 329.9 5.89
9 600 4389 -2.0 -6.8 70 4.7 -4.2 256 45 313.8 314.5 290.6 326.0 3.83
10 550 5074 -6.9 -24.1 24 17.1 -11.7 260 46 315.9 316.1 288.5 319.3 0.99
11 500 5810 -11.4 -32.7 15 21.3 -15.9 263 49 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.9 0.49
12 450 6611 -15.8 -43.8 7 28.0 -20.0 263 57 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.17
13 400 7489 -21.0 -49.7 6 28.7 -24.2 264 70 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.10
14 350 8462 -27.3 -51.7 8 24.4 -29.5 266 81 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.09
15 300 9558 -33.3 -58.9 6 25.5 -35.0 266 89 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05
16 250 10823 -38.7 -68.3 3 29.6 -39.9 267 91 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02
17 200 12324 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.0 267 77 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.00
18 150 14179 -57.3 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.6 267 62 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00
19 100 16705 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 270 36 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5724.54 m
Freezing level: 623.68 mb = 4085.40 m = 13403.39 ft
Wetbulb zero: 639.81 mb = 3874.11 m = 12710.19 ft
Precipitable water: 1.19 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.51 %
Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.87 mb = 2463.37 m = 8081.82 ft T: 10.88 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km
ThetaE index: 14.09 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 726.37 mb = 2837.65 m = 9309.76 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg
Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F
Cap Strength: 1.03 C
Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.76 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C
Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 52.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 30.73 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C
K Index: 37.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 254.51 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 260.73 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 22.84 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.27 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.03 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.07 mb = 2605.37 m = 8547.70 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.07 mb = 3354.75 m = 11006.25 ft
Equ Level (EL): 372.07 mb = 8016.19 m = 26299.50 ft
B at Equ Level: 260.52 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.07 mb = 10235.64 m = 33581.10 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 30.7 knts
Storm direction: 291.3 at 23.0 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 121.5 m^2/s^2
ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.06
Bulk Rich Number: 2.42
Bulk Shear: 107.62 m/s
