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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
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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