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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
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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