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      MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)

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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE  5 SEP 23
Station: 46.11,-103.54
Latitude:   46.11
Longitude: -103.54
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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   -45                                                                 
  1  950   402                                                                 
  2  900   883                                                                 
SFC  896   924  27.0  13.2  42 13.8  17.7   6  11 309.7 311.7 294.8 342.3 10.67
  4  850  1385  22.7  12.3  52 10.4  15.8  10  15 309.9 311.9 294.8 342.3 10.61
  5  800  1908  17.6  11.1  66  6.5  13.4  13  15 309.9 311.9 294.7 341.8 10.44
  6  750  2455  12.2  10.1  87  2.1  10.9  15  14 309.9 311.8 294.7 341.7 10.42
  7  700  3030   7.8   6.8  94  1.0   7.2  11   5 311.1 312.8 294.0 338.6  8.92
  8  650  3637   3.7   0.2  78  3.5   1.8 243   7 313.1 314.2 292.2 331.8  5.98
  9  600  4284   0.3  -5.3  66  5.6  -2.4 200  11 316.5 317.3 291.8 330.3  4.30
 10  550  4975  -4.7  -7.9  79  3.1  -6.1 185  15 318.5 319.2 292.0 331.0  3.85
 11  500  5718  -9.7 -11.5  87  1.8 -10.4 182  21 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.7  3.17
 12  450  6523 -14.6 -16.9  83  2.3 -15.4 195  29 324.8 325.3 292.4 332.5  2.26
 13  400  7408 -18.8 -21.0  82  2.3 -19.4 207  43 330.6 331.0 293.6 336.9  1.79
 14  350  8390 -25.6 -28.3  78  2.7 -26.2 214  51 334.3 334.5 293.9 338.1  1.06
 15  300  9488 -34.2 -37.3  74  3.0 -34.6 215  56 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.1  0.52
 16  250 10735 -45.6 -48.9  69  3.3 -45.8 219  58 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.0  0.18
 17  200 12186 -52.4 -60.0  40  7.6 -52.6 213  72 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.1  0.06
 18  150 14035 -56.0 -79.8   4 23.8 -56.3 220  53 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6  0.00
 19  100 16595 -58.1 -85.9   2 27.8 -58.5 247  31 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5762.92 m
Freezing level:          596.86 mb =  4327.10 m = 14196.35 ft
Wetbulb zero:            628.64 mb =  3907.21 m = 12818.77 ft
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     74.55 %
Est. max temperature:     27.22 C =   81.00 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.81 mb =  2659.88 m =  8726.55 ft T:   10.67 C
700-500 lapse rate:        6.51 C/km
ThetaE index:             11.99 C Layer  850.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   721.48 mb =  2778.28 m =  9114.99 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:      10.57 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       27.81 C =   82.06 F
Cap Strength:              0.50 C
Lifted Index:             -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb:     -1.42 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:     -0.53 C
Showalter Index:          -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index:       54.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
  Vertical Totals Index:  32.36 C
  Cross Totals Index:     21.96 C
K Index:                  43.66   Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             305.69   Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index:             -2.12   Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):               671.26 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:          36.64 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):      4.50 J/kg
Cap Strength:              0.50 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     728.98 mb =  2692.17 m =  8832.46 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):     713.98 mb =  2865.37 m =  9400.71 ft
Equ Level (EL):          233.98 mb = 11165.65 m = 36632.27 ft
B at Equ Level:          668.14 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL):    163.98 mb = 13462.63 m = 44168.20 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            195.2 at   15.6 knts
Storm direction:                 225.2 at   11.7 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    0.6 neg:    3.8 tot:    4.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):      23.0 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   25.7 neg:  -22.5 tot:    3.2 m^2/s^2
                             ave:    1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.03
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    5.4 stream:    0.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.08
Bulk Rich Number:          6.06
Bulk Shear:              110.80 m/s