MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 19 AUG 21
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 40
1 950 495
SFC 949 507 28.6 13.3 39 15.3 18.4 6 17 306.3 308.2 293.5 336.8 10.14
3 900 970 23.1 12.1 50 11.0 16.0 10 24 305.3 307.2 293.1 335.1 9.92
4 850 1467 21.4 14.1 63 7.3 16.5 61 20 308.6 310.8 295.5 344.9 11.97
5 800 1995 22.3 12.4 54 9.9 15.6 159 22 314.9 317.1 296.7 350.4 11.40
6 750 2552 17.5 10.6 64 6.9 13.0 165 28 315.6 317.6 296.5 349.3 10.79
7 700 3138 13.5 1.3 43 12.2 6.6 191 32 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.5 6.01
8 650 3757 9.9 -3.5 39 13.3 2.9 216 25 320.1 321.0 293.0 334.9 4.56
9 600 4416 4.6 -6.2 45 10.8 -0.7 216 24 321.4 322.2 292.9 334.5 4.00
10 550 5116 -1.8 -7.6 64 5.8 -4.5 218 23 322.0 322.7 293.0 334.9 3.93
11 500 5865 -8.5 -11.6 78 3.1 -9.8 227 19 322.7 323.3 292.6 333.2 3.15
12 450 6673 -14.2 -17.7 75 3.5 -15.4 229 24 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.5 2.11
13 400 7557 -19.1 -28.3 44 9.2 -21.2 233 28 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.5 0.93
14 350 8539 -25.2 -34.6 42 9.3 -26.9 238 30 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.58
15 300 9641 -32.7 -45.9 26 13.2 -34.0 237 27 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.21
16 250 10897 -43.7 -52.7 36 9.0 -44.2 247 25 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.6 0.12
17 200 12356 -53.4 -60.7 41 7.2 -53.7 263 48 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.05
18 150 14173 -60.2 -77.8 8 17.7 -60.3 247 59 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01
19 100 16705 -59.7 -84.6 3 24.9 -60.0 235 29 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5825.37 m
Freezing level: 564.08 mb = 4918.90 m = 16137.94 ft
Wetbulb zero: 609.41 mb = 4287.94 m = 14067.87 ft
Precipitable water: 1.48 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.06 %
Est. max temperature: 37.08 C = 98.74 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.74 mb = 2452.32 m = 8045.56 ft T: 18.36 C
700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km
ThetaE index: 15.87 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 628.81 mb = 4030.02 m = 13221.70 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg
Conv temperature: 42.70 C = 108.86 F
Cap Strength: 8.31 C
Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.34 C
Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 52.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C
Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C
K Index: 31.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 298.91 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 87.62 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 13.24 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 702.85 J/kg
Cap Strength: 8.31 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.86 mb = 2394.36 m = 7855.40 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.86 mb = 5574.17 m = 18287.73 ft
Equ Level (EL): 378.86 mb = 7956.35 m = 26103.20 ft
B at Equ Level: 86.54 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 298.86 mb = 9667.69 m = 31717.75 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.1 at 23.9 knts
Storm direction: 231.1 at 17.9 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 640.0 neg: -9.1 tot: 630.8 m^2/s^2
ave: 210.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 12.9 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.29
Bulk Rich Number: 0.33
Bulk Shear: 262.61 m/s
