MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 2 AUG 23
Station: 46.11,-103.62
Latitude: 46.11
Longitude: -103.62
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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 54
1 950 517
SFC 908 928 32.8 13.8 32 19.0 19.8 192 13 314.5 316.6 296.3 348.6 10.96
3 900 1004 31.5 13.0 32 18.5 18.9 193 15 313.9 316.0 295.9 346.6 10.53
4 850 1512 26.4 12.0 41 14.3 16.8 196 17 313.8 315.8 295.8 346.2 10.44
5 800 2042 21.2 10.9 52 10.3 14.4 198 17 313.8 315.7 295.7 345.6 10.28
6 750 2596 16.0 9.3 64 6.7 11.7 204 16 313.9 315.8 295.4 344.5 9.84
7 700 3179 11.8 3.8 58 8.0 7.1 236 9 315.5 316.9 293.9 338.2 7.19
8 650 3793 6.6 2.8 77 3.8 4.4 289 10 316.4 317.8 294.1 339.2 7.22
9 600 4445 2.0 -2.6 71 4.7 -0.3 325 13 318.5 319.5 293.2 335.4 5.26
10 550 5142 -2.8 -9.0 62 6.3 -5.5 317 14 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.3 3.51
11 500 5891 -7.4 -13.6 61 6.2 -9.8 299 20 324.0 324.5 292.5 333.0 2.67
12 450 6704 -11.9 -21.7 44 9.8 -14.9 281 29 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.5 1.50
13 400 7594 -17.6 -34.0 22 16.4 -20.9 269 33 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.1 0.54
14 350 8578 -25.2 -31.5 56 6.3 -26.4 263 37 334.8 334.9 293.7 337.7 0.79
15 300 9680 -33.2 -40.3 49 7.1 -34.1 268 48 338.5 338.6 294.3 340.0 0.38
16 250 10933 -43.1 -49.8 48 6.7 -43.6 269 62 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.6 0.16
17 200 12397 -52.9 -66.4 18 13.4 -53.2 267 60 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03
18 150 14223 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 268 48 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00
19 100 16711 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.1 278 22 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5836.79 m
Freezing level: 578.82 mb = 4740.26 m = 15551.86 ft
Wetbulb zero: 603.50 mb = 4398.05 m = 14429.13 ft
Precipitable water: 1.32 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.88 %
Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.29 mb = 3306.40 m = 10847.64 ft T: 10.71 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km
ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 667.29 mb = 3575.54 m = 11730.64 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg
Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.79 F
Cap Strength: 1.71 C
Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C
Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 53.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 33.78 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C
K Index: 37.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 428.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 743.93 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 38.57 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.15 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.71 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.31 mb = 3318.25 m = 10886.51 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.31 mb = 3877.50 m = 12721.31 ft
Equ Level (EL): 223.31 mb = 11673.77 m = 38299.29 ft
B at Equ Level: 742.91 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.31 mb = 14502.61 m = 47580.18 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.8 at 16.1 knts
Storm direction: 296.8 at 12.1 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.0 neg: -7.4 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.14
Bulk Rich Number: 16.22
Bulk Shear: 45.86 m/s
