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
TRP 0
WND 0
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
