MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 AUG 21
Station: 46.2,-103.4
Latitude: 46.20
Longitude: -103.40
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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 -0
1 950 459
SFC 903 917 30.4 9.1 27 21.3 16.8 315 11 312.6 314.1 293.7 337.6 8.07
3 900 944 30.2 8.9 27 21.2 16.6 314 10 312.6 314.1 293.7 337.4 7.98
4 850 1449 25.2 7.8 33 17.3 14.3 314 16 312.5 314.0 293.5 336.8 7.84
5 800 1976 20.0 6.9 42 13.1 11.9 313 17 312.5 314.0 293.5 336.7 7.81
6 750 2527 14.7 5.9 55 8.8 9.3 312 17 312.5 314.0 293.4 336.6 7.76
7 700 3105 9.1 4.7 74 4.4 6.5 311 17 312.5 314.0 293.4 336.3 7.66
8 650 3713 3.7 1.8 87 1.9 2.7 310 19 313.1 314.4 292.8 334.1 6.71
9 600 4358 -0.2 -8.6 53 8.4 -3.8 328 21 315.9 316.6 290.7 326.7 3.33
10 550 5051 -3.3 -17.6 32 14.3 -8.4 337 21 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.74
11 500 5798 -7.6 -24.6 24 17.0 -12.5 343 24 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.4 1.04
12 450 6609 -12.6 -24.2 37 11.6 -15.9 341 25 327.4 327.7 292.2 331.7 1.20
13 400 7496 -19.0 -32.7 29 13.7 -21.8 340 26 330.2 330.4 292.4 332.5 0.61
14 350 8474 -27.1 -40.1 28 13.0 -28.9 344 25 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.33
15 300 9563 -36.5 -50.3 23 13.8 -37.5 336 28 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13
16 250 10798 -46.8 -58.6 25 11.8 -47.1 332 31 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.06
17 200 12241 -56.4 -64.5 35 8.1 -56.5 332 29 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.03
18 150 14076 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.3 284 15 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00
19 100 16637 -58.4 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 270 16 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5797.72 m
Freezing level: 602.13 mb = 4330.48 m = 14207.45 ft
Wetbulb zero: 629.58 mb = 3970.38 m = 13026.03 ft
Precipitable water: 1.01 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.24 %
Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.83 mb = 3565.20 m = 11696.69 ft T: 5.00 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km
ThetaE index: 11.62 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 653.32 mb = 3671.44 m = 12045.26 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.87 g/kg
Conv temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F
Cap Strength: 0.47 C
Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C
Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 32.75 C
Cross Totals Index: 15.42 C
K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 149.25 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 42.53 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 9.22 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.92 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.47 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.73 mb = 3603.70 m = 11823.01 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.73 mb = 3917.39 m = 12852.16 ft
Equ Level (EL): 563.73 mb = 4854.26 m = 15925.85 ft
B at Equ Level: 7.46 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 513.73 mb = 5585.22 m = 18323.98 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.9 at 19.7 knts
Storm direction: 356.9 at 14.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.4 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 5.31
Bulk Shear: 8.01 m/s
