MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 21 AUG 23
Station: 46.18,-103.46
Latitude: 46.18
Longitude: -103.46
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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 157
1 950 597
SFC 915 918 16.2 11.3 73 4.9 13.2 99 12 296.8 298.5 289.9 323.6 9.23
3 900 1058 15.0 10.6 75 4.5 12.3 103 17 297.0 298.6 289.6 323.0 8.93
4 850 1540 12.3 8.1 75 4.3 9.8 141 28 299.0 300.5 289.5 322.5 7.97
5 800 2048 14.3 14.1 98 0.2 14.1 189 28 306.4 308.8 295.4 344.6 12.72
6 750 2595 14.1 11.7 85 2.4 12.5 227 20 311.9 314.1 296.1 347.5 11.58
7 700 3180 14.9 -1.7 32 16.6 5.9 246 35 319.0 320.0 293.0 334.6 4.83
8 650 3800 9.0 -4.0 40 13.0 2.4 241 38 319.1 320.0 292.6 333.3 4.37
9 600 4455 2.6 -3.4 64 6.0 -0.4 240 41 319.1 320.1 293.1 335.1 4.96
10 550 5152 -1.6 -2.6 93 1.0 -2.1 248 45 322.1 323.3 294.5 340.8 5.74
11 500 5909 -5.1 -6.3 91 1.2 -5.7 256 43 326.8 327.8 295.0 342.7 4.78
12 450 6729 -10.1 -11.6 88 1.6 -10.7 264 45 330.6 331.3 294.9 342.5 3.50
13 400 7627 -15.7 -17.6 85 2.0 -16.3 262 48 334.6 335.1 295.1 343.1 2.40
14 350 8622 -22.2 -24.7 80 2.5 -22.9 262 48 338.8 339.1 295.3 344.2 1.48
15 300 9737 -30.0 -33.1 75 3.1 -30.6 257 57 343.0 343.2 295.7 346.0 0.78
16 250 11010 -39.7 -43.1 70 3.4 -40.1 259 65 347.0 347.1 296.3 348.3 0.34
17 200 12490 -53.3 -57.2 62 3.9 -53.5 260 72 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.7 0.08
18 150 14282 -64.7 -70.8 43 6.0 -64.8 273 72 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.02
19 100 16756 -66.5 -84.9 6 18.4 -66.6 271 37 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5751.89 m
Freezing level: 569.25 mb = 4883.93 m = 16023.21 ft
Wetbulb zero: 607.98 mb = 4346.94 m = 14261.44 ft
Precipitable water: 1.44 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.40 %
Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.04 mb = 1539.70 m = 5051.46 ft T: 12.31 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km
ThetaE index: 14.20 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 618.65 mb = 4204.57 m = 13794.35 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 8.93 g/kg
Conv temperature: 38.00 C = 100.40 F
Cap Strength: 12.34 C
Lifted Index: 8.46 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.29 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.34 C
Showalter Index: 9.95 C Risk: None
Total Totals Index: 30.53 C Risk: None
Vertical Totals Index: 17.39 C
Cross Totals Index: 13.13 C
K Index: 8.82 Risk: None
Sweat Index: 332.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: 4.10 Risk: None
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 28.58 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 8629.90 J/kg
Cap Strength: 12.17 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.94 mb = 1882.60 m = 6176.42 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 35.8 knts
Storm direction: 269.2 at 26.9 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 8.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 532.6 neg: -10.0 tot: 522.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 174.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.09
Bulk Rich Number: 0.09
Bulk Shear: 321.27 m/s
