MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 3 AUG 24
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 107
SFC 956 514 33.3 13.7 31 19.6 20.1 152 9 310.4 312.4 294.8 342.1 10.36
2 950 568 32.4 13.0 31 19.4 19.4 153 11 310.1 312.0 294.4 340.5 9.94
3 900 1051 27.7 12.0 38 15.7 17.4 159 13 310.1 311.9 294.3 340.1 9.82
4 850 1553 22.8 11.0 47 11.9 15.1 168 14 310.1 311.9 294.3 339.8 9.72
5 800 2077 19.2 4.8 39 14.3 10.7 228 13 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.6 6.78
6 750 2627 14.6 2.8 45 11.8 7.8 258 19 312.4 313.6 292.2 331.8 6.23
7 700 3204 9.6 -0.7 49 10.3 4.1 286 24 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.5 5.19
8 650 3816 7.0 -18.8 14 25.7 -2.4 311 26 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.4 1.33
9 600 4467 2.0 -11.9 35 13.9 -3.8 312 24 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.9 2.57
10 550 5162 -2.6 -16.9 33 14.2 -7.8 307 24 321.0 321.3 290.9 327.3 1.86
11 500 5909 -8.1 -22.3 31 14.2 -12.4 302 26 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.6 1.28
12 450 6718 -14.1 -29.8 25 15.7 -17.7 299 27 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.0 0.71
13 400 7599 -20.9 -36.5 23 15.6 -23.6 298 30 327.8 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.42
14 350 8569 -28.7 -42.6 25 14.0 -30.3 302 33 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.26
15 300 9652 -37.9 -46.8 39 8.9 -38.5 301 35 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.19
16 250 10883 -46.2 -59.1 22 12.8 -46.7 294 42 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05
17 200 12352 -47.4 -73.0 4 25.5 -48.1 283 54 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01
18 150 14216 -56.3 -80.1 4 23.7 -56.6 289 47 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00
19 100 16762 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 302 27 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5802.23 m
Freezing level: 578.46 mb = 4766.33 m = 15637.37 ft
Wetbulb zero: 668.60 mb = 3582.81 m = 11754.49 ft
Precipitable water: 1.04 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.84 %
Est. max temperature: 34.24 C = 93.64 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.13 mb = 2966.87 m = 9733.72 ft T: 11.63 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km
ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 656.64 mb = 3731.70 m = 12242.95 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg
Conv temperature: 39.12 C = 102.41 F
Cap Strength: 2.55 C
Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.89 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C
Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C
K Index: 31.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 204.39 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 615.77 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 35.09 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.45 J/kg
Cap Strength: 2.55 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.29 mb = 3023.26 m = 9918.71 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.29 mb = 5013.90 m = 16449.60 ft
Equ Level (EL): 240.29 mb = 11143.41 m = 36559.31 ft
B at Equ Level: 603.98 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.29 mb = 13024.37 m = 42730.35 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.8 at 21.0 knts
Storm direction: 318.8 at 15.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.6 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 73.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.57
Bulk Rich Number: 5.02
Bulk Shear: 122.58 m/s
