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      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
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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