MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 18 AUG 21
Station: 46.2,-103.48
Latitude: 46.20
Longitude: -103.48
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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 -77
1 950 394
2 900 890
SFC 897 926 38.2 4.1 12 34.1 17.1 159 16 321.2 322.4 294.3 339.8 5.72
4 850 1408 33.1 2.8 15 30.3 14.8 160 22 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.6 5.50
5 800 1949 27.8 1.9 19 25.9 12.4 162 22 320.8 321.8 294.0 338.5 5.49
6 750 2514 22.3 1.2 25 21.1 10.0 164 21 320.8 321.8 294.0 338.7 5.56
7 700 3106 16.5 -0.0 32 16.5 7.2 167 21 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.4 5.46
8 650 3730 10.5 -1.1 44 11.6 4.1 172 19 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.4 5.43
9 600 4388 4.1 -2.3 63 6.4 0.7 179 18 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.3 5.40
10 550 5088 -2.3 -7.3 68 5.0 -4.6 212 14 321.4 322.2 293.0 334.7 4.03
11 500 5836 -8.5 -11.8 77 3.3 -9.8 246 16 322.7 323.3 292.5 333.0 3.10
12 450 6644 -14.0 -20.7 57 6.7 -16.0 242 22 325.6 326.0 292.0 331.3 1.63
13 400 7527 -20.0 -28.3 48 8.3 -21.9 244 30 329.0 329.2 292.3 332.3 0.93
14 350 8503 -27.0 -31.7 65 4.7 -27.9 245 31 332.3 332.4 293.1 335.1 0.77
15 300 9595 -35.6 -40.2 63 4.6 -36.1 252 23 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.38
16 250 10835 -45.8 -50.7 58 4.9 -46.0 257 20 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.15
17 200 12295 -51.4 -68.9 11 17.6 -51.7 254 15 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02
18 150 14129 -59.2 -77.9 7 18.6 -59.5 253 15 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01
19 100 16654 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 230 19 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5913.35 m
Freezing level: 567.79 mb = 4839.05 m = 15875.95 ft
Wetbulb zero: 593.15 mb = 4480.72 m = 14700.34 ft
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.70 %
Est. max temperature: 37.75 C = 99.94 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 547.32 mb = 5126.23 m = 16818.14 ft T: -2.57 C
700-500 lapse rate: 9.15 C/km
ThetaE index: 7.45 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 540.92 mb = 5218.61 m = 17121.22 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 5.54 g/kg
Conv temperature: 38.61 C = 101.49 F
Cap Strength: 0.52 C
Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C
Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 52.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 41.57 C
Cross Totals Index: 11.26 C
K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 319.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 241.19 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 21.96 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.46 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.52 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 546.29 mb = 5141.00 m = 16866.61 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 531.29 mb = 5359.50 m = 17583.45 ft
Equ Level (EL): 251.29 mb = 10800.18 m = 35433.25 ft
B at Equ Level: 237.43 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.29 mb = 12253.00 m = 40199.66 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.7 at 19.0 knts
Storm direction: 219.7 at 14.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.4 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.04
Bulk Rich Number: 18.89
Bulk Shear: 12.77 m/s
