MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 13 AUG 23
Station: 46.16,-103.32
Latitude: 46.16
Longitude: -103.32
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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 74
1 950 529
SFC 911 902 25.7 8.0 32 17.7 14.8 94 6 307.0 308.3 291.6 329.4 7.40
3 900 1005 24.9 6.4 31 18.5 13.8 96 8 307.2 308.4 291.0 327.7 6.72
4 850 1501 20.2 5.1 37 15.0 11.4 110 8 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.1 6.50
5 800 2019 15.1 4.0 47 11.2 8.8 131 8 307.3 308.5 290.8 326.8 6.37
6 750 2561 10.6 1.3 53 9.3 5.5 181 8 308.0 309.1 290.3 325.3 5.59
7 700 3133 7.6 2.3 69 5.2 4.6 258 20 310.9 312.1 292.0 331.0 6.48
8 650 3738 2.9 -5.8 53 8.7 -1.2 279 27 312.2 313.0 290.0 324.3 3.81
9 600 4378 -3.4 -10.6 57 7.2 -6.3 278 30 312.2 312.7 289.2 321.3 2.84
10 550 5059 -8.0 -9.7 88 1.7 -8.7 278 37 314.6 315.3 290.4 325.4 3.34
11 500 5793 -13.2 -14.6 89 1.4 -13.7 278 46 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.1 2.46
12 450 6589 -17.0 -18.6 87 1.6 -17.5 290 45 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.5 1.96
13 400 7466 -21.4 -23.4 84 2.0 -21.9 288 47 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.3 1.45
14 350 8437 -28.5 -31.2 77 2.8 -29.0 279 50 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.3 0.80
15 300 9522 -37.4 -40.4 73 3.0 -37.7 269 55 332.7 332.7 292.8 334.1 0.38
16 250 10749 -48.8 -52.1 68 3.4 -48.9 266 63 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12
17 200 12184 -55.6 -64.2 34 8.5 -55.8 265 71 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03
18 150 14028 -53.5 -73.9 7 20.4 -53.9 275 60 377.9 377.9 301.9 378.0 0.01
19 100 16616 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 284 30 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5718.60 m
Freezing level: 627.04 mb = 4032.20 m = 13228.84 ft
Wetbulb zero: 659.93 mb = 3614.37 m = 11858.02 ft
Precipitable water: 0.94 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.95 %
Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.51 mb = 3114.82 m = 10219.09 ft T: 7.68 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km
ThetaE index: 4.18 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 636.33 mb = 3908.30 m = 12822.37 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 6.59 g/kg
Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F
Cap Strength: 3.72 C
Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.59 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C
Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 51.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 33.36 C
Cross Totals Index: 18.32 C
K Index: 33.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 177.57 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 18.86 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.80 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.72 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.52 mb = 3351.35 m = 10995.12 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.52 mb = 4690.92 m = 15389.98 ft
Equ Level (EL): 476.52 mb = 6156.39 m = 20197.87 ft
B at Equ Level: 17.99 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 436.52 mb = 6815.62 m = 22360.68 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 26.8 knts
Storm direction: 306.4 at 20.1 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.5 neg: -2.5 tot: 237.1 m^2/s^2
ave: 79.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.02
Bulk Rich Number: 0.12
Bulk Shear: 157.64 m/s
