MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 5 AUG 23
Station: 46.18,-103.40
Latitude: 46.18
Longitude: -103.40
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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 81
1 950 524
SFC 909 912 21.2 19.1 88 2.1 19.8 108 8 302.6 305.4 296.3 348.5 15.54
3 900 995 20.5 18.6 89 1.9 19.2 113 11 302.6 305.4 296.1 347.4 15.14
4 850 1488 16.8 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 148 17 303.7 306.3 295.4 344.7 13.79
5 800 2003 13.5 13.2 98 0.3 13.3 182 16 305.5 307.8 294.7 341.5 12.02
6 750 2545 10.6 9.6 94 1.0 10.0 206 11 308.1 310.0 294.0 338.7 10.09
7 700 3118 7.7 6.2 90 1.6 6.8 227 9 311.0 312.7 293.6 337.2 8.50
8 650 3726 4.3 2.7 90 1.6 3.4 234 8 313.8 315.2 293.4 336.2 7.18
9 600 4374 0.7 -0.9 89 1.6 -0.2 234 7 316.9 318.1 293.3 335.9 5.97
10 550 5069 -2.7 -3.9 91 1.2 -3.3 258 6 320.9 321.9 293.8 337.9 5.23
11 500 5820 -7.0 -7.7 94 0.7 -7.4 258 6 324.5 325.3 294.0 338.7 4.28
12 450 6634 -11.7 -13.2 89 1.5 -12.3 250 8 328.5 329.1 294.1 339.0 3.08
13 400 7527 -17.3 -19.9 80 2.6 -18.1 249 10 332.5 332.9 294.1 339.4 1.96
14 350 8513 -24.5 -28.4 70 3.9 -25.4 246 11 335.7 335.9 294.2 339.5 1.05
15 300 9616 -33.9 -37.7 68 3.9 -34.4 232 11 337.6 337.7 294.2 339.5 0.49
16 250 10864 -44.6 -50.5 52 5.9 -44.9 231 14 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.4 0.15
17 200 12332 -47.7 -72.7 4 25.0 -48.3 234 27 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01
18 150 14213 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 270 23 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00
19 100 16767 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 311 11 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5738.27 m
Freezing level: 589.42 mb = 4521.04 m = 14832.62 ft
Wetbulb zero: 602.22 mb = 4344.20 m = 14252.46 ft
Precipitable water: 1.66 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.15 %
Est. max temperature: 26.18 C = 79.12 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.22 mb = 1177.05 m = 3861.65 ft T: 19.11 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km
ThetaE index: 12.60 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 841.80 mb = 1570.00 m = 5150.85 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg
Conv temperature: 22.66 C = 72.78 F
Cap Strength: 0.18 C
Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.77 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C
Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C
Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C
K Index: 38.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 236.05 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 752.44 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 38.79 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.44 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.18 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.13 mb = 1526.38 m = 5007.76 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.13 mb = 1678.39 m = 5506.47 ft
Equ Level (EL): 231.13 mb = 11380.28 m = 37336.43 ft
B at Equ Level: 738.32 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.13 mb = 13351.85 m = 43804.74 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 9.2 knts
Storm direction: 241.8 at 6.9 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 100.5 m^2/s^2
ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.47
Bulk Rich Number: 24.70
Bulk Shear: 30.46 m/s
