MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 6 JUL 24
Station: 46.23,-103.40
Latitude: 46.23
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 95
1 950 545
SFC 911 913 24.0 8.7 38 15.2 14.6 308 7 305.2 306.6 291.3 328.7 7.79
3 900 1017 22.4 7.5 38 14.9 13.4 306 7 304.6 306.0 290.7 326.5 7.24
4 850 1510 17.5 6.5 48 11.0 11.0 301 8 304.5 305.8 290.6 326.0 7.14
5 800 2023 12.4 5.6 63 6.9 8.5 297 8 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.9 7.12
6 750 2560 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.7 294 9 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.7 7.08
7 700 3122 2.5 1.0 90 1.5 1.7 288 16 305.2 306.3 289.7 323.0 5.87
8 650 3718 -1.0 -4.7 76 3.7 -2.7 293 16 307.9 308.7 289.0 320.8 4.15
9 600 4352 -4.7 -13.4 51 8.7 -7.9 286 16 310.6 311.1 288.1 317.9 2.26
10 550 5030 -9.3 -20.0 42 10.7 -12.5 283 17 313.0 313.3 288.0 317.8 1.42
11 500 5760 -14.7 -25.5 40 10.8 -17.3 280 17 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.4 0.96
12 450 6547 -20.6 -32.7 33 12.0 -22.8 274 18 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.2 0.54
13 400 7406 -27.7 -38.5 35 10.8 -29.0 267 19 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.3 0.34
14 350 8349 -35.5 -42.4 49 6.9 -36.1 269 21 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.26
15 300 9402 -44.5 -49.3 59 4.8 -44.7 260 21 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.2 0.14
16 250 10603 -49.7 -62.1 22 12.4 -50.0 287 31 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.04
17 200 12061 -49.4 -71.1 6 21.7 -49.8 305 39 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01
18 150 13954 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 305 39 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.2 0.01
19 100 16586 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 307 27 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.2 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5664.74 m
Freezing level: 663.97 mb = 3551.56 m = 11651.97 ft
Wetbulb zero: 680.85 mb = 3345.29 m = 10975.23 ft
Precipitable water: 0.85 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.11 %
Est. max temperature: 23.23 C = 73.81 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.26 mb = 2810.87 m = 9221.90 ft T: 5.08 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km
ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 717.48 mb = 2921.25 m = 9584.05 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg
Conv temperature: 23.73 C = 74.71 F
Cap Strength: 0.30 C
Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C
Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 53.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 32.18 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C
K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 197.18 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 406.57 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 28.52 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.67 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.63 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.42 mb = 2876.55 m = 9437.38 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.42 mb = 3047.92 m = 9999.62 ft
Equ Level (EL): 276.42 mb = 9941.03 m = 32614.54 ft
B at Equ Level: 396.74 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.42 mb = 11545.57 m = 37878.70 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 14.1 knts
Storm direction: 315.7 at 10.6 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2
ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.02
Bulk Rich Number: 53.52
Bulk Shear: 7.60 m/s
