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
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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