MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 8 AUG 23
Station: 46.18,-103.27
Latitude: 46.18
Longitude: -103.27
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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 111
1 950 557
SFC 914 897 22.7 11.0 48 11.7 15.3 330 6 303.6 305.3 291.9 330.6 9.06
3 900 1027 20.8 9.7 49 11.1 14.0 334 7 303.0 304.5 291.2 328.1 8.43
4 850 1517 16.4 8.1 58 8.4 11.4 356 6 303.3 304.8 290.9 327.2 7.97
5 800 2030 12.0 6.1 67 5.8 8.6 53 3 303.9 305.3 290.6 326.2 7.41
6 750 2566 7.1 4.6 84 2.5 5.7 87 3 304.2 305.6 290.5 325.6 7.10
7 700 3129 3.3 -3.3 62 6.5 0.1 49 2 306.1 306.9 288.5 319.3 4.29
8 650 3726 -0.0 -3.1 80 3.0 -1.5 335 4 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.5 4.70
9 600 4363 -3.9 -6.4 83 2.5 -5.0 313 5 311.6 312.4 290.0 324.1 3.95
10 550 5045 -8.0 -10.3 84 2.3 -8.9 310 5 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.8 3.18
11 500 5779 -12.6 -14.7 84 2.1 -13.3 301 7 317.7 318.2 290.5 325.8 2.45
12 450 6575 -17.9 -20.8 78 2.9 -18.7 298 12 320.7 321.1 290.6 326.2 1.61
13 400 7444 -24.2 -32.3 47 8.1 -25.6 300 20 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.64
14 350 8403 -31.5 -45.9 23 14.4 -32.8 298 27 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.0 0.18
15 300 9475 -40.3 -47.2 48 6.9 -40.8 280 31 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.18
16 250 10688 -51.2 -55.7 59 4.4 -51.4 273 29 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.08
17 200 12116 -53.1 -70.8 10 17.7 -53.4 300 24 348.6 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01
18 150 13990 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 288 20 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00
19 100 16604 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 309 12 420.9 420.9 307.8 421.0 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5668.73 m
Freezing level: 650.43 mb = 3721.13 m = 12208.30 ft
Wetbulb zero: 695.83 mb = 3176.98 m = 10423.02 ft
Precipitable water: 1.00 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.88 %
Est. max temperature: 23.25 C = 73.85 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.74 mb = 2360.66 m = 7744.84 ft T: 8.94 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km
ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 739.06 mb = 2685.54 m = 8810.71 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg
Conv temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F
Cap Strength: 0.84 C
Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.53 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C
Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.00 C
Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C
K Index: 30.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 128.75 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 33.82 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.28 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.84 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.03 mb = 2532.11 m = 8307.34 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.03 mb = 3035.63 m = 9959.28 ft
Equ Level (EL): 458.03 mb = 6441.60 m = 21133.59 ft
B at Equ Level: 33.66 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.03 mb = 8442.31 m = 27697.55 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.4 at 5.9 knts
Storm direction: 350.4 at 4.4 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -51.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2
ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 59.03
Bulk Shear: 0.57 m/s
