MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 31 AUG 23
Station: 46.14,-103.43
Latitude: 46.14
Longitude: -103.43
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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 -15
1 950 440
SFC 901 915 31.9 11.7 29 20.2 18.4 162 9 314.2 316.1 295.3 344.1 9.59
3 900 928 31.7 11.0 28 20.6 18.0 160 9 314.1 315.9 295.0 342.8 9.22
4 850 1436 26.8 9.8 34 17.0 15.8 167 15 314.3 316.0 294.8 342.3 9.00
5 800 1967 21.7 8.9 44 12.8 13.5 175 17 314.3 316.0 294.8 342.3 8.99
6 750 2521 16.3 7.8 57 8.5 11.0 184 19 314.3 316.0 294.8 341.9 8.88
7 700 3103 10.6 7.1 79 3.4 8.5 189 21 314.2 315.9 294.9 342.5 9.10
8 650 3716 5.8 1.1 71 4.8 3.2 223 22 315.6 316.8 293.2 335.7 6.37
9 600 4365 1.5 -14.8 28 16.4 -4.8 227 28 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.6 2.01
10 550 5060 -2.6 -29.1 11 26.5 -9.7 227 32 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.2 0.62
11 500 5808 -8.1 -26.3 22 18.2 -13.0 227 34 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.4 0.90
12 450 6615 -14.7 -23.7 47 8.9 -17.1 224 37 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.1 1.26
13 400 7493 -21.8 -33.8 33 12.0 -23.9 229 42 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.55
14 350 8460 -29.5 -41.8 29 12.4 -30.9 234 49 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.28
15 300 9541 -38.6 -49.3 31 10.8 -39.3 236 54 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.14
16 250 10764 -48.9 -57.2 38 8.2 -49.2 238 59 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07
17 200 12206 -53.1 -66.9 17 13.8 -53.4 238 56 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02
18 150 14054 -55.7 -81.4 3 25.7 -56.1 230 32 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00
19 100 16609 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 238 14 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5822.96 m
Freezing level: 581.51 mb = 4622.09 m = 15164.14 ft
Wetbulb zero: 630.02 mb = 3969.01 m = 13021.52 ft
Precipitable water: 1.05 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.43 %
Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.65 mb = 3444.69 m = 11301.33 ft T: 7.92 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km
ThetaE index: 2.16 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 651.86 mb = 3692.07 m = 12112.94 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg
Conv temperature: 33.12 C = 91.62 F
Cap Strength: 0.85 C
Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.91 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C
Showalter Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 34.90 C
Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C
K Index: 41.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 257.83 Risk: None
Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1172.85 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 48.43 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.49 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.85 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.40 mb = 3546.95 m = 11636.82 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.40 mb = 3989.98 m = 13090.31 ft
Equ Level (EL): 218.40 mb = 11637.12 m = 38179.05 ft
B at Equ Level: 1167.26 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.40 mb = 14121.63 m = 46330.25 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 25.6 knts
Storm direction: 244.1 at 19.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.9 m^2/s^2
ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.54
Bulk Rich Number: 21.70
Bulk Shear: 54.04 m/s
