MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 22 AUG 23
Station: 46.20,-103.40
Latitude: 46.20
Longitude: -103.40
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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 112
1 950 561
SFC 912 913 20.8 15.6 72 5.2 17.3 104 10 301.8 304.0 293.8 338.0 12.28
3 900 1029 19.1 15.1 78 4.0 16.4 106 12 301.2 303.4 293.5 336.7 12.08
4 850 1519 17.5 17.2 98 0.3 17.3 146 12 304.4 307.2 296.3 348.2 14.68
5 800 2049 26.5 0.4 18 26.1 11.5 264 14 319.4 320.3 293.1 335.2 4.91
6 750 2613 22.2 0.8 24 21.4 9.9 256 17 320.7 321.7 293.9 338.2 5.42
7 700 3206 17.2 -3.8 23 21.1 6.1 246 20 321.6 322.4 293.1 335.1 4.11
8 650 3830 11.4 -4.5 32 16.0 3.2 232 24 321.9 322.7 293.2 335.7 4.20
9 600 4491 5.4 -6.2 43 11.5 -0.3 234 31 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.5 4.02
10 550 5195 0.1 -20.0 20 20.1 -7.0 247 33 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.42
11 500 5950 -4.4 -33.4 8 28.9 -11.6 244 32 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.46
12 450 6773 -9.0 -39.2 7 30.2 -15.2 241 35 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.28
13 400 7672 -15.5 -42.9 8 27.4 -20.0 235 42 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.22
14 350 8663 -23.4 -44.9 12 21.6 -26.2 231 46 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.20
15 300 9772 -31.6 -54.3 9 22.8 -33.4 234 40 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.08
16 250 11038 -39.9 -65.1 5 25.2 -40.9 224 41 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02
17 200 12527 -50.3 -73.1 5 22.9 -50.7 205 42 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01
18 150 14338 -64.3 -72.0 34 7.7 -64.4 227 32 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.02
19 100 16797 -66.8 -85.2 6 18.4 -66.9 309 10 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5838.69 m
Freezing level: 548.95 mb = 5210.83 m = 17095.68 ft
Wetbulb zero: 604.72 mb = 4426.75 m = 14523.29 ft
Precipitable water: 0.97 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.25 %
Est. max temperature: 38.90 C = 102.02 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.64 mb = 1574.58 m = 5165.89 ft T: 18.41 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km
ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 637.50 mb = 3990.78 m = 13092.97 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg
Conv temperature: 40.51 C = 104.91 F
Cap Strength: 13.04 C
Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.96 C
Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None
Vertical Totals Index: 21.91 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C
K Index: 18.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 262.31 Risk: None
Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 57.59 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 10.73 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 3942.57 J/kg
Cap Strength: 13.04 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.59 mb = 2053.44 m = 6736.93 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 24.5 knts
Storm direction: 269.4 at 18.4 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.3 neg: -5.5 tot: 126.8 m^2/s^2
ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.05
Bulk Rich Number: 0.42
Bulk Shear: 136.71 m/s
