MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 9 AUG 23
Station: 46.18,-103.22
Latitude: 46.18
Longitude: -103.22
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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 56
1 950 509
SFC 910 891 26.1 9.4 35 16.7 15.5 222 2 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.2 8.15
3 900 986 24.8 7.9 34 16.9 14.4 226 2 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.6 7.43
4 850 1482 19.8 7.0 43 12.8 12.1 229 2 306.9 308.3 291.6 329.5 7.41
5 800 1999 14.8 6.0 56 8.8 9.6 232 2 306.9 308.3 291.5 329.2 7.34
6 750 2540 9.5 4.9 73 4.6 6.8 234 3 306.8 308.2 291.4 328.8 7.24
7 700 3107 4.1 1.6 84 2.5 2.8 244 2 307.1 308.2 290.5 325.9 6.15
8 650 3706 0.5 -4.2 71 4.7 -1.7 314 7 309.5 310.4 289.7 323.0 4.31
9 600 4344 -3.4 -11.6 53 8.2 -6.6 319 13 312.2 312.7 288.9 320.7 2.63
10 550 5027 -7.1 -22.1 29 15.0 -11.5 309 18 315.6 315.9 288.6 319.7 1.19
11 500 5764 -11.5 -32.3 16 20.7 -15.9 300 20 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.8 0.51
12 450 6562 -16.9 -36.0 17 19.1 -20.3 300 21 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.4 0.39
13 400 7434 -23.1 -37.6 25 14.5 -25.3 300 23 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.37
14 350 8396 -30.8 -43.7 27 13.0 -32.1 291 28 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23
15 300 9470 -40.1 -51.6 28 11.5 -40.8 285 34 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.11
16 250 10685 -50.6 -57.0 47 6.3 -50.8 292 38 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.07
17 200 12113 -55.5 -69.1 17 13.6 -55.8 310 33 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02
18 150 13963 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 298 36 381.4 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00
19 100 16575 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 300 23 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5707.47 m
Freezing level: 643.39 mb = 3790.72 m = 12436.60 ft
Wetbulb zero: 668.86 mb = 3475.29 m = 11401.73 ft
Precipitable water: 0.86 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.66 %
Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.94 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.00 mb = 2967.73 m = 9736.51 ft T: 5.45 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km
ThetaE index: 12.51 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 701.17 mb = 3093.68 m = 10149.75 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.44 g/kg
Conv temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F
Cap Strength: 0.08 C
Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C
Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C
Cross Totals Index: 18.52 C
K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 125.82 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 45.07 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 9.49 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.81 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.42 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.17 mb = 3082.01 m = 10111.46 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.17 mb = 3140.20 m = 10302.37 ft
Equ Level (EL): 437.17 mb = 6776.02 m = 22230.76 ft
B at Equ Level: 44.98 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.17 mb = 9761.21 m = 32024.56 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.7 at 10.8 knts
Storm direction: 330.7 at 8.1 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2
ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 3.14
Bulk Shear: 14.34 m/s
