MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 19 AUG 23
Station: 46.11,-103.51
Latitude: 46.11
Longitude: -103.51
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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
1 950 410
2 900 903
SFC 898 922 34.9 9.7 22 25.2 18.3 287 9 317.6 319.2 295.3 344.3 8.43
4 850 1416 30.1 7.4 24 22.8 15.7 285 13 317.7 319.2 294.7 341.8 7.60
5 800 1952 24.9 6.4 30 18.6 13.3 284 14 317.7 319.2 294.7 341.6 7.54
6 750 2512 19.6 4.7 38 14.8 10.6 286 15 317.8 319.2 294.4 340.6 7.17
7 700 3101 15.0 1.5 40 13.5 7.2 272 20 319.1 320.3 294.0 338.6 6.09
8 650 3722 10.0 0.9 53 9.0 4.8 253 27 320.2 321.5 294.4 340.6 6.32
9 600 4382 5.0 -0.8 66 5.8 1.8 257 29 321.9 323.1 294.7 341.5 6.04
10 550 5087 0.8 -5.7 62 6.5 -2.4 266 30 325.0 325.9 294.3 340.0 4.54
11 500 5846 -3.6 -12.1 52 8.4 -7.2 271 32 328.6 329.2 294.0 338.9 3.03
12 450 6670 -9.2 -21.5 36 12.3 -13.2 267 37 331.7 332.0 293.6 337.1 1.53
13 400 7569 -15.3 -23.0 52 7.7 -17.6 255 41 335.1 335.4 294.4 340.5 1.50
14 350 8564 -22.4 -31.4 44 9.0 -24.3 253 47 338.5 338.7 294.7 341.5 0.79
15 300 9675 -31.4 -41.3 37 10.0 -32.6 260 50 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.5 0.34
16 250 10939 -41.8 -47.5 54 5.7 -42.2 258 51 344.0 344.0 295.5 344.8 0.21
17 200 12413 -52.0 -61.7 30 9.7 -52.3 236 52 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.6 0.05
18 150 14224 -63.8 -71.8 33 8.0 -63.8 233 36 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.02
19 100 16694 -64.2 -88.2 2 24.0 -64.3 229 26 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5902.16 m
Freezing level: 541.24 mb = 5220.01 m = 17125.80 ft
Wetbulb zero: 578.54 mb = 4677.01 m = 15344.33 ft
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.08 %
Est. max temperature: 35.08 C = 95.15 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 623.95 mb = 4059.34 m = 13317.89 ft T: 7.44 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km
ThetaE index: 5.64 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 561.13 mb = 4924.57 m = 16156.52 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.78 g/kg
Conv temperature: 41.33 C = 106.40 F
Cap Strength: 3.31 C
Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.34 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C
Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable
Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 33.78 C
Cross Totals Index: 11.00 C
K Index: 27.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 146.96 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 0.53 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 1.03 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 3703.98 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.31 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 612.36 mb = 4213.75 m = 13824.47 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.8 at 24.8 knts
Storm direction: 297.8 at 18.6 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -1.5 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2
ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 0.02
Bulk Shear: 27.85 m/s
