MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 1 SEP 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 18
1 950 470
SFC 945 514 26.2 10.5 37 15.6 16.3 238 13 304.2 305.7 291.6 329.5 8.46
3 900 943 22.3 8.6 42 13.7 13.9 239 24 304.5 306.0 291.2 328.0 7.83
4 850 1435 17.5 7.6 52 9.9 11.6 239 26 304.5 305.9 291.1 327.7 7.74
5 800 1949 12.5 6.8 68 5.7 9.2 238 27 304.5 306.0 291.1 327.9 7.79
6 750 2486 7.3 5.8 90 1.5 6.4 238 27 304.5 305.9 291.0 327.6 7.71
7 700 3050 3.3 2.0 91 1.3 2.5 254 33 306.1 307.3 290.3 325.3 6.31
8 650 3647 -0.1 -2.2 86 2.1 -1.2 256 35 308.9 309.8 290.1 324.4 5.01
9 600 4286 -1.9 -17.2 30 15.3 -7.2 257 39 313.9 314.2 288.5 319.4 1.65
10 550 4973 -5.4 -21.7 26 16.3 -10.4 255 47 317.7 317.9 289.3 321.9 1.22
11 500 5713 -10.1 -19.0 48 8.9 -12.9 254 54 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.6 1.71
12 450 6518 -15.2 -24.8 44 9.6 -17.7 253 55 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.13
13 400 7396 -21.9 -28.9 53 7.0 -23.3 254 55 326.6 326.7 291.6 329.7 0.88
14 350 8362 -29.9 -37.9 46 8.0 -31.0 255 56 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.42
15 300 9439 -39.1 -47.7 40 8.5 -39.7 257 56 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.17
16 250 10660 -49.4 -57.1 40 7.6 -49.7 258 54 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.07
17 200 12098 -52.9 -68.1 14 15.2 -53.2 258 46 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02
18 150 13975 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 254 28 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00
19 100 16575 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 292 17 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5695.17 m
Freezing level: 651.25 mb = 3632.24 m = 11916.65 ft
Wetbulb zero: 665.61 mb = 3455.84 m = 11337.92 ft
Precipitable water: 1.06 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.81 %
Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.71 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.28 mb = 2471.47 m = 8108.39 ft T: 7.40 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km
ThetaE index: 8.52 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 731.54 mb = 2689.31 m = 8823.08 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.94 g/kg
Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F
Cap Strength: 1.93 C
Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C
Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable
Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C
Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C
K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 254.40 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 15.00 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 5.48 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.00 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.97 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.17 mb = 2615.60 m = 8581.25 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.17 mb = 2897.18 m = 9505.05 ft
Equ Level (EL): 633.17 mb = 3856.39 m = 12652.05 ft
B at Equ Level: 14.71 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 593.17 mb = 4375.97 m = 14356.67 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 37.2 knts
Storm direction: 280.9 at 27.9 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.9 m^2/s^2
ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.01
Bulk Rich Number: 0.33
Bulk Shear: 45.86 m/s
