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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
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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