MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 11 AUG 23
Station: 46.16,-103.54
Latitude: 46.16
Longitude: -103.54
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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 2
1 950 457
SFC 901 923 26.8 9.2 33 17.6 15.7 291 14 309.0 310.6 292.8 333.9 8.14
3 900 936 26.6 8.6 32 18.0 15.3 291 13 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.8 7.79
4 850 1435 21.6 6.8 38 14.8 12.6 291 20 308.7 310.1 292.0 331.1 7.30
5 800 1956 16.5 5.8 49 10.7 10.2 290 21 308.7 310.1 291.9 330.9 7.23
6 750 2500 11.1 4.8 65 6.3 7.5 290 21 308.7 310.0 291.9 330.8 7.22
7 700 3070 5.7 3.7 87 2.0 4.5 290 22 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.6 7.14
8 650 3672 1.9 -8.6 45 10.6 -2.6 305 26 311.1 311.7 289.0 320.9 3.06
9 600 4312 -2.5 -15.7 35 13.3 -7.2 298 33 313.3 313.6 288.6 319.4 1.87
10 550 4997 -6.0 -24.1 22 18.1 -11.1 293 41 317.0 317.2 288.9 320.4 0.99
11 500 5736 -10.8 -25.6 29 14.8 -14.7 291 43 319.8 320.0 289.7 323.2 0.95
12 450 6538 -15.5 -33.7 19 18.2 -19.1 291 42 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.5 0.49
13 400 7415 -22.1 -40.4 17 18.4 -24.7 292 37 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.28
14 350 8380 -29.9 -43.7 25 13.8 -31.4 294 37 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23
15 300 9458 -39.1 -52.5 23 13.4 -39.9 294 38 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.10
16 250 10679 -49.3 -57.3 39 8.0 -49.6 293 43 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07
17 200 12110 -55.5 -66.2 25 10.7 -55.7 280 44 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03
18 150 13962 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 286 38 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00
19 100 16555 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 288 24 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5733.95 m
Freezing level: 628.13 mb = 3951.95 m = 12965.57 ft
Wetbulb zero: 668.30 mb = 3446.70 m = 11307.93 ft
Precipitable water: 0.82 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.36 %
Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.85 mb = 3118.72 m = 10231.88 ft T: 5.36 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km
ThetaE index: 14.51 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 672.27 mb = 3398.70 m = 11150.47 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.41 g/kg
Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F
Cap Strength: 0.63 C
Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C
Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 32.39 C
Cross Totals Index: 17.60 C
K Index: 37.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 184.60 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 23.73 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.10 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.63 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.28 mb = 3254.89 m = 10678.64 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.28 mb = 3931.16 m = 12897.35 ft
Equ Level (EL): 469.28 mb = 6218.66 m = 20402.19 ft
B at Equ Level: 23.02 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 319.28 mb = 9022.62 m = 29601.41 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.2 at 30.8 knts
Storm direction: 323.2 at 23.1 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.8 m^2/s^2
ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 0.87
Bulk Shear: 27.29 m/s
