MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 4 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 102
SFC 955 514 31.6 11.9 30 19.7 18.7 127 7 308.8 310.5 293.5 336.8 9.20
2 950 561 30.9 11.2 30 19.7 18.1 129 8 308.5 310.2 293.2 335.4 8.80
3 900 1040 26.3 10.0 36 16.2 15.9 128 9 308.6 310.2 293.0 334.8 8.60
4 850 1540 21.4 9.0 45 12.4 13.6 127 9 308.5 310.1 292.9 334.4 8.48
5 800 2060 16.3 8.0 58 8.3 11.2 126 9 308.5 310.1 292.9 334.2 8.43
6 750 2605 11.1 6.9 75 4.2 8.6 124 9 308.6 310.2 292.8 334.0 8.33
7 700 3176 7.3 -9.3 30 16.6 0.1 108 4 310.5 311.0 288.5 319.1 2.69
8 650 3782 5.1 -27.2 7 32.4 -4.4 234 1 314.8 314.9 287.8 317.0 0.63
9 600 4431 1.7 -39.1 3 40.8 -7.4 252 3 318.1 318.2 288.4 318.9 0.22
10 550 5124 -3.4 -37.8 5 34.3 -10.8 276 5 320.0 320.1 289.0 321.0 0.27
11 500 5868 -9.3 -38.9 7 29.6 -15.0 303 5 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.6 0.26
12 450 6672 -15.6 -37.0 14 21.5 -19.4 328 8 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.35
13 400 7548 -21.7 -25.3 72 3.6 -22.5 314 11 326.8 327.1 292.0 331.1 1.22
14 350 8523 -27.1 -29.9 77 2.8 -27.6 287 23 332.3 332.4 293.2 335.6 0.92
15 300 9615 -34.8 -38.1 72 3.3 -35.2 270 28 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.1 0.47
16 250 10863 -45.1 -49.0 65 3.8 -45.4 273 42 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.7 0.18
17 200 12314 -52.1 -72.5 7 20.4 -52.5 272 53 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01
18 150 14163 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 278 45 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00
19 100 16718 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.3 299 25 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5765.53 m
Freezing level: 583.33 mb = 4661.93 m = 15294.86 ft
Wetbulb zero: 699.13 mb = 3185.97 m = 10452.54 ft
Precipitable water: 0.92 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.78 %
Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.37 mb = 2972.87 m = 9753.39 ft T: 8.62 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km
ThetaE index: 19.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 658.20 mb = 3679.51 m = 12071.75 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 8.64 g/kg
Conv temperature: 36.79 C = 98.22 F
Cap Strength: 2.29 C
Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C
Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C
Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C
K Index: 23.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 130.76 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 86.59 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 13.16 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.59 J/kg
Cap Strength: 2.27 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.86 mb = 3060.05 m = 10039.40 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 504.86 mb = 5792.12 m = 19002.77 ft
Equ Level (EL): 364.86 mb = 8219.43 m = 26966.30 ft
B at Equ Level: 84.85 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.86 mb = 9733.34 m = 31933.15 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.4 at 5.8 knts
Storm direction: 168.4 at 4.4 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -115.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -8.2 tot: -6.8 m^2/s^2
ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 64.03
Bulk Shear: 1.35 m/s
