MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 3 AUG 23
Station: 46.18,-103.43
Latitude: 46.18
Longitude: -103.43
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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 74
1 950 534
SFC 911 915 31.2 16.0 40 15.1 20.6 117 5 312.6 315.0 297.0 351.6 12.68
3 900 1020 29.9 15.4 41 14.5 19.8 121 5 312.3 314.7 296.7 350.2 12.30
4 850 1526 24.9 14.3 52 10.5 17.7 127 6 312.2 314.5 296.5 349.6 12.17
5 800 2054 19.8 13.2 66 6.5 15.4 130 6 312.2 314.5 296.5 349.3 12.05
6 750 2606 14.3 12.2 87 2.2 12.9 133 7 312.1 314.4 296.4 348.9 11.96
7 700 3184 9.3 8.3 94 1.0 8.7 166 8 312.8 314.7 295.1 343.4 9.88
8 650 3795 5.5 1.6 76 3.9 3.3 247 8 315.2 316.5 293.3 336.0 6.62
9 600 4446 2.4 -24.0 12 26.4 -6.0 14 2 318.9 319.0 289.4 322.0 0.91
10 550 5141 -2.5 -34.6 6 32.1 -10.1 43 4 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.37
11 500 5889 -7.8 -37.7 7 29.9 -13.9 339 3 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.30
12 450 6699 -12.9 -36.7 12 23.8 -17.6 281 12 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.4 0.37
13 400 7585 -19.1 -23.3 70 4.1 -20.3 264 20 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.3 1.47
14 350 8567 -24.8 -27.4 79 2.6 -25.4 268 28 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.6 1.16
15 300 9670 -33.1 -36.2 74 3.0 -33.6 279 32 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.9 0.58
16 250 10923 -44.1 -47.4 69 3.3 -44.3 261 48 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21
17 200 12385 -50.6 -64.4 18 13.8 -51.0 268 61 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.03
18 150 14225 -59.4 -79.9 5 20.5 -59.6 268 53 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.00
19 100 16731 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.2 -63.3 299 18 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5815.06 m
Freezing level: 575.79 mb = 4782.52 m = 15690.49 ft
Wetbulb zero: 632.17 mb = 4021.38 m = 13193.36 ft
Precipitable water: 1.32 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.57 %
Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.17 mb = 2818.95 m = 9248.40 ft T: 12.47 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km
ThetaE index: 29.59 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 726.27 mb = 2875.30 m = 9433.29 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg
Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F
Cap Strength: 0.15 C
Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.69 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C
Showalter Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 54.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 32.64 C
Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C
K Index: 45.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 301.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -4.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1401.95 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 52.95 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.74 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.31 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.34 mb = 2851.39 m = 9354.84 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.34 mb = 2909.17 m = 9544.39 ft
Equ Level (EL): 213.34 mb = 11962.01 m = 39244.97 ft
B at Equ Level: 1400.65 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.34 mb = 15434.54 m = 50637.65 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.2 at 6.0 knts
Storm direction: 215.2 at 4.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.0 m^2/s^2
ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.07
Bulk Rich Number: 289.74
Bulk Shear: 4.84 m/s
