MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 24 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 82
SFC 953 514 29.6 15.7 43 13.9 20.1 137 12 306.9 309.1 294.9 342.6 11.82
2 950 537 29.2 15.4 43 13.8 19.8 138 14 306.8 308.9 294.7 341.8 11.62
3 900 1015 24.4 14.0 52 10.4 17.4 142 18 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.5 11.23
4 850 1512 19.7 12.8 64 6.9 15.1 145 19 306.7 308.8 294.3 339.8 10.96
5 800 2031 17.4 -2.1 26 19.5 7.3 167 16 309.7 310.4 289.5 322.5 4.10
6 750 2578 13.9 -0.5 37 14.4 6.2 186 13 311.7 312.6 290.9 327.2 4.93
7 700 3155 9.9 0.1 50 9.8 4.6 209 12 313.5 314.5 291.9 330.8 5.52
8 650 3767 6.0 -6.6 40 12.6 0.1 234 19 315.8 316.4 290.9 327.3 3.58
9 600 4416 0.8 -9.2 47 10.0 -3.6 244 20 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.3 3.17
10 550 5107 -4.9 -11.5 60 6.6 -7.6 257 20 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.7 2.88
11 500 5848 -10.1 -15.3 66 5.2 -11.9 264 21 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.5 2.33
12 450 6653 -14.6 -27.8 32 13.2 -17.7 270 27 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.0 0.86
13 400 7535 -19.9 -36.9 20 17.1 -22.8 275 35 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.7 0.40
14 350 8513 -25.8 -52.0 7 26.2 -28.4 273 43 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09
15 300 9611 -34.4 -49.3 21 14.9 -35.6 275 61 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.14
16 250 10858 -44.5 -54.5 32 9.9 -45.0 273 79 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.09
17 200 12314 -54.9 -64.2 31 9.3 -55.1 268 77 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.03
18 150 14127 -59.0 -78.5 6 19.5 -59.2 264 57 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01
19 100 16664 -60.9 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.2 237 19 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5766.37 m
Freezing level: 593.38 mb = 4507.23 m = 14787.32 ft
Wetbulb zero: 648.94 mb = 3779.79 m = 12400.73 ft
Precipitable water: 1.13 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.62 %
Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.28 mb = 2264.53 m = 7429.47 ft T: 15.91 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km
ThetaE index: 20.07 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 705.08 mb = 3094.64 m = 10152.91 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg
Conv temperature: 35.82 C = 96.48 F
Cap Strength: 3.78 C
Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C
Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.76 C
Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C
K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 417.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 453.66 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 30.12 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.23 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.78 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.78 mb = 2324.67 m = 7626.78 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.78 mb = 4178.96 m = 13710.32 ft
Equ Level (EL): 257.78 mb = 10648.63 m = 34936.02 ft
B at Equ Level: 453.44 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.78 mb = 13421.05 m = 44031.79 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 18.2 knts
Storm direction: 252.2 at 13.7 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2
ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.19
Bulk Rich Number: 6.70
Bulk Shear: 67.76 m/s
