MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 17 AUG 21
Station: 46.2,-103.59
Latitude: 46.20
Longitude: -103.59
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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 -29
1 950 441
2 900 935
SFC 897 965 37.0 2.1 11 34.9 16.1 224 6 320.0 320.9 293.3 336.0 4.97
4 850 1450 31.6 0.8 14 30.7 13.7 225 7 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.6 4.78
5 800 1988 26.3 0.1 18 26.2 11.3 225 7 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.8 4.82
6 750 2549 20.8 -1.1 23 21.9 8.7 224 7 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.4 4.72
7 700 3139 15.1 -2.1 31 17.2 5.8 224 7 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.3 4.68
8 650 3759 9.5 -5.8 33 15.3 1.9 315 6 319.7 320.4 292.3 332.1 3.81
9 600 4415 3.5 -8.0 43 11.5 -1.8 312 12 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.7 3.49
10 550 5114 -2.3 -12.6 45 10.3 -6.4 298 18 321.4 321.9 291.7 330.2 2.64
11 500 5862 -7.9 -16.0 52 8.0 -10.9 292 26 323.3 323.8 291.9 330.8 2.20
12 450 6671 -13.6 -23.3 44 9.7 -16.4 283 29 326.1 326.3 291.9 330.6 1.30
13 400 7554 -20.7 -35.2 26 14.4 -23.3 279 29 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.8 0.48
14 350 8528 -27.1 -37.6 37 10.4 -28.7 272 35 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.43
15 300 9620 -35.5 -52.6 16 17.2 -36.7 276 32 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10
16 250 10861 -45.5 -61.0 16 15.6 -46.0 270 33 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.04
17 200 12307 -56.0 -65.8 28 9.8 -56.2 264 25 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03
18 150 14130 -59.2 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.4 308 25 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00
19 100 16655 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 247 15 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5890.60 m
Freezing level: 569.52 mb = 4840.97 m = 15882.27 ft
Wetbulb zero: 624.34 mb = 4089.22 m = 13415.90 ft
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.96 %
Est. max temperature: 36.26 C = 97.27 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 540.88 mb = 5244.90 m = 17207.48 ft T: -3.25 C
700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km
ThetaE index: 4.54 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 519.34 mb = 5564.09 m = 18254.67 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg
Conv temperature: 39.58 C = 103.24 F
Cap Strength: 1.98 C
Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.68 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C
Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable
Total Totals Index: 48.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 39.50 C
Cross Totals Index: 8.78 C
K Index: 23.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 49.84 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 13.96 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 5.28 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.49 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.98 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 541.80 mb = 5231.57 m = 17163.74 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 416.80 mb = 7245.52 m = 23771.12 ft
Equ Level (EL): 376.80 mb = 7989.53 m = 26212.04 ft
B at Equ Level: 12.92 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 346.80 mb = 8592.72 m = 28191.01 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.0 at 14.3 knts
Storm direction: 312.0 at 10.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -5.5 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2
ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 0.71
Bulk Shear: 19.59 m/s
