MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 4 AUG 23
Station: 46.20,-103.43
Latitude: 46.20
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 79
1 950 534
SFC 910 915 29.4 15.7 44 13.7 19.9 112 11 310.8 313.2 296.4 348.9 12.46
3 900 1017 28.4 15.2 45 13.2 19.3 114 15 310.7 313.0 296.1 347.9 12.14
4 850 1521 23.5 14.1 56 9.3 17.1 118 17 310.7 313.0 296.1 347.4 12.00
5 800 2046 18.3 13.2 72 5.1 14.8 120 17 310.6 312.9 296.0 347.3 12.00
6 750 2595 13.1 12.1 93 1.0 12.4 123 17 310.8 313.1 296.0 347.3 11.91
7 700 3171 8.3 6.5 88 1.8 7.2 136 14 311.7 313.3 293.9 338.5 8.69
8 650 3779 3.6 -2.5 64 6.1 0.5 115 6 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.4 4.88
9 600 4424 0.2 -8.4 53 8.5 -3.6 96 8 316.3 317.0 290.9 327.3 3.38
10 550 5114 -5.9 -10.3 71 4.4 -7.7 115 13 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.4 3.17
11 500 5856 -8.5 -9.5 93 1.0 -8.9 168 12 322.7 323.4 293.1 335.1 3.74
12 450 6669 -12.3 -13.5 91 1.2 -12.8 225 14 327.7 328.3 293.8 337.9 2.99
13 400 7560 -17.5 -19.3 86 1.8 -18.1 254 23 332.2 332.6 294.2 339.5 2.07
14 350 8546 -24.3 -26.8 79 2.6 -24.9 262 31 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.4 1.21
15 300 9651 -32.9 -35.9 74 3.0 -33.3 266 30 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.59
16 250 10903 -44.5 -47.9 69 3.4 -44.7 263 28 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.20
17 200 12359 -52.5 -66.9 16 14.4 -52.8 244 43 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02
18 150 14208 -55.7 -83.8 2 28.1 -56.0 274 49 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00
19 100 16747 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 314 15 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5777.35 m
Freezing level: 598.69 mb = 4442.35 m = 14574.46 ft
Wetbulb zero: 644.04 mb = 3853.02 m = 12640.98 ft
Precipitable water: 1.49 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.69 %
Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.26 mb = 2636.94 m = 8651.26 ft T: 12.77 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km
ThetaE index: 21.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 738.67 mb = 2722.29 m = 8931.29 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg
Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.30 F
Cap Strength: 0.22 C
Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C
Showalter Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 54.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 31.93 C
Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C
K Index: 44.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 325.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1221.28 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 49.42 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.08 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.22 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.94 mb = 2685.46 m = 8810.44 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.94 mb = 2856.01 m = 9370.00 ft
Equ Level (EL): 206.94 mb = 12136.22 m = 39816.50 ft
B at Equ Level: 1211.10 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.94 mb = 14778.65 m = 48485.80 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.4 at 12.8 knts
Storm direction: 164.4 at 9.6 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.6 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -15.1 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2
ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.16
Bulk Rich Number: 356.66
Bulk Shear: 3.42 m/s
