MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 18 JUL 23
Station: 46.20,-103.38
Latitude: 46.20
Longitude: -103.38
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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 70
1 950 523
SFC 909 910 24.6 12.1 46 12.5 16.5 126 10 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.5 9.80
3 900 998 24.0 11.2 44 12.9 15.8 129 14 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.3 9.30
4 850 1494 19.2 10.0 55 9.2 13.4 135 17 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.8 9.13
5 800 2011 15.6 4.6 48 11.0 9.2 155 14 307.7 309.0 291.2 328.1 6.66
6 750 2559 15.1 -6.2 22 21.3 4.8 272 6 313.0 313.6 289.8 323.2 3.20
7 700 3138 11.8 -4.4 32 16.3 3.7 295 15 315.6 316.3 291.2 328.2 3.93
8 650 3753 7.2 -3.4 47 10.6 1.8 295 23 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.8 4.57
9 600 4405 1.6 -6.9 53 8.5 -2.4 288 27 318.0 318.7 291.8 330.3 3.80
10 550 5097 -4.9 -13.6 51 8.7 -8.2 293 26 318.2 318.7 290.6 326.3 2.43
11 500 5838 -9.8 -11.3 89 1.5 -10.4 290 27 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.7 3.22
12 450 6646 -13.6 -15.2 88 1.6 -14.2 277 36 326.1 326.6 293.0 335.0 2.60
13 400 7531 -19.9 -22.2 82 2.3 -20.5 275 49 329.1 329.4 293.0 334.8 1.61
14 350 8509 -26.2 -28.9 78 2.7 -26.8 282 59 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.1 1.00
15 300 9603 -35.2 -38.3 74 3.1 -35.6 286 70 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.5 0.47
16 250 10847 -45.8 -49.1 69 3.3 -46.0 289 77 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.18
17 200 12288 -56.3 -62.1 48 5.8 -56.4 297 80 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05
18 150 14135 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 305 59 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00
19 100 16679 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 312 32 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5767.73 m
Freezing level: 587.69 mb = 4575.47 m = 15011.21 ft
Wetbulb zero: 628.64 mb = 4025.25 m = 13206.05 ft
Precipitable water: 0.98 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.87 %
Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.80 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.97 mb = 2491.59 m = 8174.41 ft T: 15.16 C
700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km
ThetaE index: 12.26 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 630.47 mb = 4001.54 m = 13128.26 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 8.77 g/kg
Conv temperature: 35.78 C = 96.40 F
Cap Strength: 6.71 C
Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.15 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.40 C
Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C
K Index: 22.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 260.19 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 4.88 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 3.12 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 5973.81 J/kg
Cap Strength: 6.71 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.58 mb = 2756.23 m = 9042.64 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.4 at 22.0 knts
Storm direction: 311.4 at 16.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.0 neg: -9.1 tot: 132.9 m^2/s^2
ave: 44.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 0.03
Bulk Shear: 166.75 m/s
