MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 5 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 109
SFC 955 514 27.1 15.6 49 11.5 19.3 73 5 304.3 306.4 294.1 339.3 11.75
2 950 561 27.2 14.3 45 12.8 18.6 79 7 304.8 306.8 293.6 337.3 10.86
3 900 1035 23.0 12.4 51 10.6 16.1 94 9 305.2 307.0 293.2 335.5 10.10
4 850 1530 18.5 11.6 64 6.9 14.0 108 10 305.5 307.4 293.3 335.9 10.13
5 800 2046 14.4 1.0 40 13.4 7.2 128 13 306.5 307.5 289.5 322.4 5.16
6 750 2585 9.2 -1.3 48 10.6 3.9 130 14 306.6 307.4 289.0 320.8 4.62
7 700 3151 3.7 -3.0 61 6.8 0.5 131 15 306.6 307.4 288.8 320.1 4.36
8 650 3747 -2.0 -4.6 82 2.6 -3.2 134 20 306.7 307.5 288.6 319.6 4.18
9 600 4381 -3.1 -3.8 95 0.8 -3.4 153 22 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.7 4.81
10 550 5071 -3.9 -4.4 96 0.5 -4.1 180 8 319.5 320.4 293.2 335.7 5.02
11 500 5818 -8.3 -9.4 92 1.1 -8.8 191 2 322.9 323.7 293.2 335.4 3.76
12 450 6629 -13.0 -14.6 88 1.6 -13.6 284 6 326.9 327.4 293.4 336.2 2.74
13 400 7517 -18.5 -20.4 85 1.9 -19.1 273 12 330.9 331.3 293.7 337.5 1.88
14 350 8499 -25.4 -28.1 78 2.7 -26.0 254 18 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.5 1.08
15 300 9599 -33.9 -36.9 74 3.0 -34.3 239 23 337.6 337.7 294.2 339.7 0.54
16 250 10847 -45.3 -49.1 65 3.8 -45.4 228 32 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.18
17 200 12300 -51.2 -67.3 13 16.1 -51.5 249 36 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02
18 150 14177 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 275 44 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00
19 100 16746 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 305 20 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5708.87 m
Freezing level: 667.61 mb = 3537.08 m = 11604.45 ft
Wetbulb zero: 693.38 mb = 3227.57 m = 10589.02 ft
Precipitable water: 1.30 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.42 %
Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.07 mb = 1971.02 m = 6466.52 ft T: 15.00 C
700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km
ThetaE index: 16.27 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 759.18 mb = 2483.70 m = 8148.53 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg
Conv temperature: 29.42 C = 84.96 F
Cap Strength: 1.36 C
Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C
Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 46.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C
K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 160.64 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 248.65 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 22.30 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.31 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.36 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.20 mb = 2309.08 m = 7575.63 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.20 mb = 2583.11 m = 8474.67 ft
Equ Level (EL): 540.20 mb = 5211.61 m = 17098.24 ft
B at Equ Level: 248.35 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.20 mb = 10066.35 m = 33025.70 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.7 at 11.7 knts
Storm direction: 167.7 at 8.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2
ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.05
Bulk Rich Number: 22.19
Bulk Shear: 11.20 m/s
