MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 5 AUG 24
Station: 46.16,-103.38
Latitude: 46.16
Longitude: -103.38
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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 75
1 950 529
SFC 910 909 26.9 14.5 47 12.4 18.5 97 15 308.3 310.5 295.1 343.2 11.51
3 900 1007 25.1 14.0 50 11.1 17.6 98 18 307.3 309.4 294.6 341.1 11.20
4 850 1504 20.0 13.0 64 6.9 15.4 100 20 307.0 309.1 294.5 340.7 11.17
5 800 2023 15.9 10.4 70 5.5 12.4 124 17 308.1 309.9 293.9 338.2 9.92
6 750 2573 15.8 8.7 63 7.1 11.3 124 10 313.7 315.5 295.0 343.0 9.43
7 700 3156 12.5 5.5 62 7.0 8.2 182 3 316.3 317.9 294.7 341.8 8.10
8 650 3776 10.1 -1.6 44 11.7 3.8 287 20 320.4 321.5 293.7 337.4 5.24
9 600 4435 4.7 -6.0 46 10.7 -0.5 294 22 321.6 322.4 293.0 335.0 4.08
10 550 5136 -1.6 -8.4 60 6.8 -4.7 293 23 322.2 323.0 292.9 334.4 3.69
11 500 5887 -7.7 -10.8 78 3.1 -9.0 281 25 323.7 324.3 293.0 334.9 3.36
12 450 6698 -12.5 -16.9 70 4.4 -14.0 275 31 327.5 327.9 293.1 335.2 2.26
13 400 7588 -18.0 -27.5 43 9.5 -20.3 275 37 331.6 331.8 293.1 335.2 1.00
14 350 8570 -25.9 -31.6 58 5.8 -26.9 271 44 333.9 334.1 293.5 336.8 0.78
15 300 9667 -34.5 -38.9 64 4.4 -35.0 278 41 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.5 0.44
16 250 10913 -43.4 -52.4 36 9.0 -43.9 281 46 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.12
17 200 12395 -49.5 -74.6 4 25.1 -50.0 285 55 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01
18 150 14234 -59.8 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 293 58 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00
19 100 16751 -62.4 -89.2 2 26.9 -62.6 292 24 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5811.23 m
Freezing level: 562.42 mb = 4961.75 m = 16278.49 ft
Wetbulb zero: 605.93 mb = 4353.75 m = 14283.78 ft
Precipitable water: 1.34 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.66 %
Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.05 mb = 2471.24 m = 8107.63 ft T: 15.80 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km
ThetaE index: 8.57 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 633.40 mb = 3988.82 m = 13086.51 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg
Conv temperature: 39.11 C = 102.41 F
Cap Strength: 5.28 C
Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.61 C
Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C
Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C
K Index: 33.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 220.37 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 147.62 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 17.18 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 415.87 J/kg
Cap Strength: 5.25 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.16 mb = 2447.53 m = 8029.86 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.16 mb = 5485.01 m = 17995.23 ft
Equ Level (EL): 276.16 mb = 10233.03 m = 33572.54 ft
B at Equ Level: 145.60 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.16 mb = 11879.14 m = 38973.07 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 19.5 knts
Storm direction: 310.0 at 14.6 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 190.3 m^2/s^2
ave: 63.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.09
Bulk Rich Number: 0.79
Bulk Shear: 186.13 m/s
