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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI  1 SEP 23
Station: 46.14,-103.48
Latitude:   46.14
Longitude: -103.48
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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    31                                                                 
  1  950   486                                                                 
SFC  905   919  26.5   6.8  29 19.7  14.6 263  11 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.5  6.87
  3  900   963  26.0   6.3  28 19.7  14.1 262  13 308.3 309.6 291.3 328.7  6.66
  4  850  1461  21.0   5.0  35 16.0  11.6 260  17 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.0  6.46
  5  800  1980  16.0   3.9  44 12.1   9.0 257  18 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.6  6.33
  6  750  2523  10.7   3.0  59  7.7   6.4 255  18 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.7  6.36
  7  700  3093   6.2  -0.4  63  6.5   2.8 267  25 309.3 310.3 290.5 325.8  5.33
  8  650  3697   2.4  -3.8  63  6.3  -0.6 265  29 311.7 312.6 290.5 325.7  4.43
  9  600  4340  -1.0 -11.7  44 10.8  -5.3 265  36 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.5  2.60
 10  550  5029  -4.5 -23.4  21 18.9 -10.1 266  40 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.4  1.05
 11  500  5773  -8.7 -28.6  18 19.8 -13.7 265  42 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.0  0.72
 12  450  6580 -14.7 -26.2  37 11.5 -17.6 268  45 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.3  1.00
 13  400  7459 -21.4 -30.0  46  8.6 -23.1 272  48 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.1  0.79
 14  350  8428 -29.1 -35.1  56  6.0 -30.0 273  53 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.5  0.55
 15  300  9510 -37.7 -43.3  56  5.6 -38.2 280  58 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.2  0.28
 16  250 10740 -47.9 -51.3  68  3.3 -48.1 282  65 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4  0.14
 17  200 12171 -58.1 -67.9  27  9.9 -58.2 285  67 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9  0.02
 18  150 14015 -52.9 -77.3   4 24.4 -53.4 276  38 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0  0.01
 19  100 16596 -58.3 -86.1   2 27.7 -58.7 263  22 415.0 415.0 307.2 415.1  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5742.41 m
Freezing level:          614.08 mb =  4158.48 m = 13643.14 ft
Wetbulb zero:            659.19 mb =  3582.33 m = 11752.92 ft
Precipitable water:        0.80 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     43.17 %
Est. max temperature:     26.32 C =   79.38 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 676.55 mb =  3370.65 m = 11058.43 ft T:    4.45 C
700-500 lapse rate:        5.56 C/km
ThetaE index:              5.30 C Layer  700.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   624.80 mb =  4014.21 m = 13169.81 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       6.49 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       31.33 C =   88.39 F
Cap Strength:              2.93 C
Lifted Index:              3.43 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb:      3.79 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      0.97 C
Showalter Index:           3.49 C Risk: None
Total Totals Index:       43.54 C Risk: None
  Vertical Totals Index:  29.77 C
  Cross Totals Index:     13.77 C
K Index:                  28.30   Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             136.31   Risk: None
Energy Index:             -0.52   Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):                 1.39 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:           1.67 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):   7258.34 J/kg
Cap Strength:              3.38 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     670.10 mb =  3448.73 m = 11314.60 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):      -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            264.7 at   31.1 knts
Storm direction:                 294.7 at   23.3 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    1.7 neg:    1.9 tot:    3.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):      80.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   68.7 neg:    0.0 tot:   68.7 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.85
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    3.8 stream:    3.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.00
Bulk Rich Number:          0.04
Bulk Shear:               37.10 m/s