MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 8 JUL 23
Station: 46.18,-103.27
Latitude: 46.18
Longitude: -103.27
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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 139
1 950 575
SFC 915 896 11.6 9.7 88 2.0 10.5 187 5 292.1 293.6 287.3 315.7 8.26
3 900 1035 15.4 7.6 60 7.8 10.9 180 18 297.4 298.7 288.3 318.7 7.28
4 850 1519 13.8 7.2 64 6.6 9.9 223 5 300.6 302.0 289.6 322.9 7.51
5 800 2026 9.9 2.1 58 7.8 5.8 350 5 301.7 302.8 288.2 318.5 5.58
6 750 2558 5.5 -3.2 54 8.6 1.4 3 10 302.5 303.3 287.0 314.8 4.04
7 700 3117 1.0 -7.8 52 8.8 -2.6 360 11 303.6 304.2 286.4 313.1 3.04
8 650 3709 -1.7 -15.1 35 13.3 -6.4 324 15 307.0 307.3 286.4 312.9 1.83
9 600 4342 -4.4 -31.6 10 27.2 -10.6 322 17 311.0 311.1 286.2 312.6 0.45
10 550 5021 -9.3 -25.8 25 16.6 -13.5 316 16 313.1 313.3 287.4 316.0 0.85
11 500 5750 -14.3 -28.4 29 14.0 -17.4 311 19 315.5 315.7 288.1 318.1 0.74
12 450 6539 -20.0 -32.3 33 12.3 -22.2 310 22 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.1 0.56
13 400 7400 -26.7 -40.2 27 13.5 -28.3 308 23 320.3 320.3 289.2 321.3 0.29
14 350 8348 -34.3 -45.0 33 10.7 -35.2 296 29 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.2 0.20
15 300 9406 -42.6 -50.9 40 8.3 -43.0 290 40 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.8 0.12
16 250 10614 -50.9 -58.8 39 7.9 -51.1 288 51 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.05
17 200 12053 -52.3 -73.0 7 20.7 -52.7 294 54 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01
18 150 13919 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 295 51 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00
19 100 16514 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 306 38 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5610.70 m
Freezing level: 681.14 mb = 3340.51 m = 10959.53 ft
Wetbulb zero: 732.36 mb = 2751.09 m = 9025.76 ft
Precipitable water: 0.62 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.08 %
Est. max temperature: 21.53 C = 70.76 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.07 mb = 1147.71 m = 3765.42 ft T: 15.05 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km
ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2660.24 m = 8727.72 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg
Conv temperature: 21.96 C = 71.52 F
Cap Strength: 2.71 C
Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.01 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C
Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C
K Index: 26.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 129.36 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 22.71 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 7722.70 J/kg
Cap Strength: 2.71 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.09 mb = 2244.74 m = 7364.55 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.0 at 14.5 knts
Storm direction: 348.0 at 10.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.0 neg: -16.0 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2
ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.01
Bulk Rich Number: 0.28
Bulk Shear: 80.87 m/s
